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CHURCH PLATE IN KENT.* BY OANON SOO'l'T ROBERTSON.
PART II. PAROCHIAL INVENTORIES.
ACRISE. F.nol! information furnished by the Rev. Edwa.rd N ewenha.m Hoa.re~ Rector of Acrise, I lea.rn that the Communion V easels used in St. Martin's Church, a.t Acrise a.re (i.) An Eliza.betha.n Cup (1562) of Silver, with Cover; (ii.) A Silver Fa.ten (1700) ; (iii.) An old A1ms pla.te of Pewter; (iv.) A modern Fla.gon of Gia.as; a.nd (v.) a. mo dern Alms-dish of Wood. The CUP is 6 inches high, a.nd 8½ inches in diameter a.t the, mouth. Upon its bell-sha.ped bowl a.reengraved two horizon ta.Ibelts, ea.ch formed of sprigs of woodbine runnin~ between two fillets which interla.ce three times, a.t points equi-dista.nt from ea.ch other. The fillets a.re filled with pla.in W:like cha.sing. The stem ha.a a.knop, formed of one la.rge round moulding between two sma.ller ones. Immediately a.bove a.nd below the stem is a. moulding of sma.11con tiguous lozenges. The foot is simply moulded. N ea.r the mouth of the cup, in the upper belt of engraving, a.re four HALL..xAJJXS (i.) ba.dly impressed; perha.ps a. sta.r; (ii.) leopard's hea.d crowned; (iii.) lion pa.ssa.nt; (iv.) da.te letter e for A.D. 1562-3. The COYER to this cup ha.abut one Jt.111ur,which a.ppea.rs u_pon its rim. It seems to be L.O. with a. sma.11cross or mullet benea.tli it. The cup and cover to$8ther weigh 9½ounces avoirdupois. The PATEN, 5½mches in diameter, is of the purer qua.lity of silver called New Sterling, a.nd sta.nds on a.central conica.l foot. Its upper surface ha.a a. ca.blemoulding a.round the rim, a.nd baa.rs four l1ALL-lf.41lKS-(i.) In a. aha.pad escutcheon, Pa., with a, pellet below, a.nd a.covered cup above the letters l the ma.rk of Humphrey Pa.~e, whose house sign, in Gutter La.ne, LOndon, wa.s a. Golden ~ ; (ii.) Britannia.; (iii.) Lion's hea.d era.sad; (iv.) Court hand ca.pita.IG, the da.te letter for l '102-8. On the foot is a sma.11ca.ble moulding and the ma.rk of Humphrey Pa.yne. This Pa.ten weighs a.lmost 6 ounces a.vojrdupois. The PEWTERALMS-PL.A.TE, 9½ inches in diameter, ha.a the na.me ACRIS stamped into it. Embossed upon the metal a.re two ova.I shields, ha.ving on one the figure of a. bee or fly, a.nd a.round its edge the na.me .A.Q.UJl'JADAOX:OMBE; on the other a. crown. a.nd a.round • Oontinuedtrom Vol. XVI., p, 439. VOL, XVII, u 242 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. the edge LONDON. In a rectangular shield we read, in three lines, "A. D.A.CKOMBE I WITHOUT ALDG.A.TE I London. Four marks, coun terfeiting Hall-marks, are (i.) a crab ? (n.) a lion's head erased; (iii.) Britannia; (iv.) A.D.
ADDINGTON (M.A.IDSTONE). The Rev. J. A. Boodle kindly examined the Sacred Vessels here. They consist of a Cup with Paten-cover (1664), a Flagon (1721), and a Paten (1718). I. This CUP is 8 inches high, and 4� inches across foot and mouth. On the bowl, which is 4! inches deep, are punctured the initials I C. The stem is plain. The H.ALL-M.ARKS are (i.) a sc�ipt capital R in a shaped escutcheon, with a pellet beneath the letter; (ii.) leopard's head crowned; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) date letter much worn, may be a black-letter capital 6-, indi cating 1664-5. II. There is a P .A.TEN-COVERto this cup upon which the date letter is clearly the black-letter capital (!S'.- of 1664-5. As the other HALL-MARJCS are similar to those upon the cup we may fairlJ assign both cup and cover to the year 1664 5. The diameter of the cover is 4¾ inches, and its height is ¾ of an inch. III. The FLAGON is made of the purest silver, called New Sterling, and stands 11½ inches high (from the foot to the top of the rounded lid); the diameter of its mouth being 4¾ inches. It was made £or Addington Church in 1721, and presented by the Rev. John Boralston, who was then the Rector. 'l'his we learn from the following inscriptionupon its face:-" Glorim Dei. Opt'. Max'. In usum Ecclesim Parochialis de Addington Dat Dicat Dedicatque Johannes Boralston A. M. Predictm Ecclesim Rector Anno Dom'. 1721." Above this appear the shield and crest of the family of Boraston, of Worcestershire and Herts:-Quarterly arqent and sable, on a bend between 2 cotises gules, 8 crosses £ormy :fitchyor. Crest, out of a mural coronet sable, a griffin's head or (gorged with a fess between 2 bars gemel gules). Hasted says that the Rev. John Bor alston was instituted to Addington Rectory on the 6th of August, 1702, died on the 9th of June 1741, aged 78, and was buried in this church. The H.ALL-M.ARKSupon the :flagonare (i.) WA; (ii.) F, the date letter £or 1721-2; (iii.) a lion's head erased; (iv.) Britannia. Beneath the foot is scratched the weight 49.18. IV. There is a PATEN, on central foot, 2 inches high, and 5¾ inches in diameter. The H.ALL-M.ARKSupon it are much worn, but the lion's head erased is discernible, and the date letter seems to be 0, £or 1718-9. ADI8H.A.M. The Rev. J. H. Carr, Rector of Adisham, has carefully examined the Sacred Vessels of bis church, and £urnished me with the main facts contained in the following description. There are 3 Communion Cups; 8 Patens; 2 Flagons ; and 1 Alms-dish. Two of the Cups are silver, of the years 166�, and 1862, ADISHA'M. 243 each accompanied by a Paten made, for use with it; in the same year by the same maker; the third Cup is of plated· metal, but the third Paten is of silver, 200 years old. The Flagons and Alms-dish areof baser metal. I. The oldest CUP and PATEN were made in A.D. 1663-4, and seem to have reJ>laced some vessel or vessels, which bore the date 151717. Perhaps they contain the metal of an Elizabethan Paten. These inferences we draw from the fact that upon the existing P.A.TEN two dates, 15717 and 1663, are both inscribed; while the HALL-MARKS shew that the Paten was made in 1663, by H.N, wl10 made the Cup also. The date letter is a black-letter capital§; the HALL-MARKS are those of London (a lion passant and a crowned leopard's head). The maker has placed, beneath his initials, "H.N.," a bird, with a rose-branch in its beak. These letters probably indicate Henry N elthorpe, a London goldsmith and banker, whose shop in Lombard Street bore the sign of the Rose, in the year 16177.* The maker's mark is the only one legible upon the bowl, but the lion passant is legible beneath the foot. Both Cup and Paten have engraved upon them the Royal arms. On the Cup (not on the Paten) the royal shield is encircled by the Garter, with its motto, Honi soit q_ui maZ y pense, upheld by the Lion and the Unicorn, as supporters; and beneath is the royal motto, IJieu et rnon IJroit. The quarterings are those used by the Stuart sovereigns, from James I. to James II., viz.-1 and 41 France and England quarterly ; 2 Scotland ; 3 Ireland. Why these arms appear on the sacred vessels it is difficult to say, unless they were, in some sense, presented to the Vicar by a member 0£ the Royal Family. The Rev. Dr. Peter Du Moulin, Prebendary 0£ Canterbury, was Vicar of .A.disham in 1663, and he was also one 0£ the Chaplains in Ordinary to King Charles II. I have therefore, myself, little doubt that King Charles II., at the request 0£ Dr. Du Moulin, defrayed the cost 0£ replacing old Elizabethan vessels at .A.dishamby these, which were made in 1663. I would especially draw attention to Dr. Du Moulin's conservative sense 0£ justice, in causing both dates, 151717 and 1663, to be inscribed upon the new paten. Beneath the foot 0£ the cup are engraved the initials 0£ the Church wardens; probably those who were in officeduring the year 1663-4; thus, in 2 lines, "*W*.A.* I R*R* Ohur' Ward'." The CUP is 17¼ inches high, 3i inches across the bowl, 3i inches across the foot, and weighs 10 ounces. Its shape is very plain; it has no ornamental mouldings ; no knop. The stem is trumpet-shaped. The PATEN is 41 inches in diameter and weighs 4 ounces. II. The modernCUP and PATEN of silver were made in the year 1862-3, They were presented to a former Rector 0£ Adisham, the Rev. Henry Montagu Villiers, by two friends, in .A.pril, 18172. The Cup is a good specimen 0£ modern work, 17½ inches high. The bowl's mouth is 3f inches in diameter; its base springs from a nest like wreath of ivy leaves, in silver applique work. The moulded stem * Little London JJirectory, 16'7'7, quoted by William Ohaffers in his Gilda .tl.u1ifabrorum, p. '70. n2 244 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT.
bas a hand.some knop in its centre. The octo£oiled. foot, 4i- inches in diameter, is inscribed with a cross 0£ St. Andrew and the words " H. M. V. £rom I. H. C and M. A. C. April 4, 1872." The H.t1LL MARKs are (i.) Victoria's head; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) black-letter small g; (iv.) T.P. in a rectangular shield. The Cup weighs 13¼ ounces. The PATEN bears a St. Andrew's cross. Its aiameter is 6½ inches ; its weight 5 ounces. III. The third PATEN, 0£ silver, was made in 1686-7. Itis one of a pair which Archdeacon John Battely, Rector 0£ Adisham, purchased £or the two churches 0£ his benefice. One he gave to Adisham Church, and the other to Staple, which was then attached, as a chapelry, to Adisham. They are almost exactly alike, and were made by a goldsmith P.M., whose work is now rare. A tankard, made in 1682, now at Trinity College, Oxford, and some plate of the Corporation 0£ Chester, are examples known to Mr. Cripps. This Paten is 6f inches in diameter ; it stands on a central foot 2½ inches in diameter, and weighs 6½ ounces. On its £ace are engraved (in two lines) the words Deo Servatori I S. Beneath the foot are these words, in five lines, Ecclesire l De Adisham l Joannes Battely l S.T.P. I D.D. The HALL-M.ARKS on the £ace 0£ the Paten, near its rim, are-(i.) leopard's head crowned; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) small black-letter f; (iv.) illegible. The last mark appears again upon the foot, where it is legible, thus :-in a shaped escutcheon, P.M., with a mullet above and a fieur-rle-lis below the initials. As Dr. Battely was collated to the Archdeaconry of Canterbury on the 23rd of March, 1687, it is probable that these Patens were then dedicated by him as a thankoffering to God. He was Rector 0£ Adisbam-cum-Staple from 1684 until he died, in October, 1708, aged 61. The third CUP is 0£ Plated metal. Its height is 9 inches ; the diameter of its mouth 4 inches, and its weight 14½ ounces. IV. Of the FL.A.GONs, one is 0£ Pewter, the other of Plated metal. The PEWTER FLAGON is inscribed" .Llrlisham 1772." It is 9½ inches high ; its lid is conical and it weighs 2 pounds 10 ounces. The PL.A.TED FL.A.GON, with conical lid and splayed foot, stands 15 inches high, and weighs 3 pounds 8 ounces. On it is engraved the sacred monogram I.H.S, en soleil. V. The ALMS-DISH is 0£ brass. It was given, in 1869, by the Rev. Cyril Randolph, when he was Rector of Staple. Embossed upon its centre, is a representation of the Spies 0£ Israel carrying home a bunch 0£ grapes from Eshcol. The border is deeply em bossed with a pattern formed of ovals large and small.
ALDINGTON. The Rev. G. J. Blomfield, Rector 0£ Aldington, kindly supplied materials £or the following description, and also a drawing (made by his son) 0£ the Cup (1662) and Paten of Aldington (engraved in Part I., p. 69, and in Archmologia Oantiana, Vol. XVI., p. 393). The COMMUNION CUP has a conical or trumpet-shaped stem of ALDINGTON; ALKRAM. 245
beat.en silver, which Mr. Blom.field believes to be earlier than the bowl, which is not of hammered work. The soldering of these two par/2 together is evident. Upon the foot and st.em there is no dat.e letter, but the lion-passant IllLI,,,M.d.RK is seen inside the hollow stem. Around the top of the foot are engraved these words: " Pais The COMMUNION CUP is modern, having been made in 1840-1; when, as the inscription upon it states, it was "PRESENTED I By mmiam $later I FoR TRE CELEBRATION I oF TEE HoLY CoM MuNroN I at Allcliam Ohurah I IN THE YEAR 1840." The donor was a descendant 0£ that George Slater who diedin 1'715. The height 0£ the cup is 9-i\rinches; the diameter 0£ its mouth 4, and 0£ its· foot 81\. It weighs 18½ ounces. The BALL-MARKS upon it are: (i.) in a lobed escutcheon I.T.; (ii.) lion_passant; (iii.) uncrowned leopard's head; (iv.) black-letter capital�; (v.) Victoria's head. The ALMS-PLATE, 9¼ inches in diameter, weighs 14½ ounces. It has no HALL-MARKS. In the centre is the sacred monogram IHS (with cross above and nails below) en soleil. The rim has a small double-thread moulding. The FLAGON is 0£ glass with a silver-mounted cork. ALLHALLOWS (iu Hoo, Diocese 0£ RocIIESTER). The Rev. E. B. Wensley, Vicar of Allhallows in Hoo, :furnished full particulars 0£ the Communion Plate, all made in the year 1885, now in use in his church there. During the reign of George II., as the Arcbidiaconal Returns at Rochester shew, this parish possessed a Silver Cup and Paten, and a Pewter Flagon.* In 1885, the Rev. John Witherston, who was then Vicar of Allballows, added a second Paten of silver of larger size; and persuaded the Churchwardens (Richard Everist and James Bell) to have the old Cup and Paten exchanged £or new vessels of massive character. For the safe keeping 0£ these new silver vessels, Mr. Witherston himself made a suitable box, with fittings adapted to the shape of each vessel. The CUP, '7½ inches high, has a bell-shaped bowl 4¼ inches in diameter; around the ri� is a fluted and bevelled moulding. On the front of the bowl is engraved the sacred monogram (with Maltese cross above, and three nails below) en soleil. The stem has a knop, moulded above and on the sides. Around the rim of the moulded foot (8½ inches in diameter) is this inscription: "John Witherston, M.A., Vicar, Rial,/l Everist, James Bell, Ohurah War dens, All Hallows, Dear 1885." The Cup weighs nearly 14 ounces avoirdupois. The HALL-MAllKSupon it are: (i.) W. B. ; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) u, the date letter £or 1885-6; (v.) the head of William IV., the reigning monarch. The PATEN-COVER, nearly 6 ounces avoirdupois in weight, and 5 inches in diameter, has on its rim a double-fluted moulding. Its "btitton," 2½ inches in diameter, bas a similar moulding, and on it is engraved the sac.red monogram, as on the Cup. On the under sur£aee, of the Paten-cover, are the HALL-MARKS and inscription similar to those upon the Cup. The larger PATEN, of similar pattem and ornamentedwith a similar monogram, is '7 inches in diameter, and weighs about 10¾ * O!wrcl,,Elate in Kent, Part I., p. 35 ; Arcl,,ceologia Oantiana, XVI., p. 859. ALUNGTON; APPL'EDORE, 247 ounces avoirdupois. It stands on a central foot, the base of which is 3¾ inches in diameter. The inscription upon it is : " The Giftof The Revd Jolin Witherston, .LL.M., Vz'aar,December 1835, .A.ll Hallows, Hoo." .ALLINGTON. The Rev. J . .A.. Boodle examined the Cup (1595), and Paten cover (1'726), at Allington, in October 1886. From his notes the following description has been prepared :- A late Elizabethan CUP remains here which was not described in Part I., The Olvronological List of Old, Church :Plate in Kent. This Cup was made in the year 1595-6, and has engra-ved upon its bowl one horizontal belt of woodbine sprays, between fillets which are interlaced at three points, equi-distant from each other. The stem has a lrnop upon which is a belt 0£ hyphens. In height, the Cup measures 7¾ inches; the diameter of its mouth is 3½, of its foot 3¾; the depth of its bowl is 3¾, The HALL-MARKSare (i.) S, the date letter for 1595-6; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head crowned; (iv.) in a shaped escutcheon, I.H. The PATEN-COVER is 3¾ inches in diameter, and stands 1½ inch high when resting upon its " button." The HALL-lifARKS are (i.) in a shaped escutcheon S.D., with some object above the letters; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head crowned; (iv.) L, the date letter for 1 '726-7. The ancient ALMS-PLATE is of oak, 4 inches in .diameter, with a rim 0£ brass. It stands on small feet 0£ brass ; one of them has been lost, but three remain. APPLEDORE. The Communion Plate at .A.ppledore was e:xamined by myself, on the 23rd 0£ November 1886. The silver pieces are an Eliza bethan Cup (1562) with Paten-cover (15'7'7); and an Alms-plate (1791) 0£ the time of George III. The CUP I approached with much interest ; as the Vicar assured me that a good antiquary had said it was made in the year 1548. My visions of an Edwardian Cup, such as I had not yet found in Rent, were quickly dispelled, by a glance at the H.J.LL MARKS on its bowl, neai• the mouth. They are (i.) black-letter e, indicating the year 1562-3; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head crowned; (iv.) in an oval shield a monogram consisting of I over laid by an S turned backward. This maker's mark seems to resemble that upon a cup, 0£ the same date, in Avening Church, Gloucester shire.* What the monogram represents is not clear. It might per haps indicate the letters P.C.I., the P surmounting the 0, and both impaled by I. The bowl of the cup is bell-shaped, 4¼ inches deep, and 3t inches wide at the splayed mouth. It bears one central * Cripps, Ola, En9lish Plate, 2nd edition, p. 2'71, 248 CilU:&CH PLATE 1N KENT. belt 0£ woodbine foliage, between fillets which interlace four tim~. The Cup is 6½ inches high ; its stem, without a Imop, has the reeded ornament above and ·below it. The foot, 8f incnes in dia.· meter, has four Silla.11ornaments of foliage engraved upon it. The PATEN-COVER, destitute of TULT.,.JUBKs, is inscribed with the date 1577 upon ~s "button." A belt of hyphens between very ~aJ.TOW fillets, filled with v v-like chaaing, is engraved upon the cover; the filleui are not crossed in the usual manner at each point of intersection, but they there form a circle, from which three leaves project. This cover is 8f inches in diameter, and If high. The ALMS-PLATE is a simple silver/late, 9¼ inches in dia meter ; with a moulded and slightly indente edge. The moulding is formed 0£ five t~ads; and the slight indentations in the rim are five in number, and angular; the angles point towards the centre. The rim stands f of an .incn above the bottom of the plate. The makers 0£ this Alms-plate were Andrew Fogelberg and Gilbert Stephen, of London, whose sho.P. stood in Church Street, Soho, in 1791. The H.t..LirHABKS are: (1.) in a lobed shield A.F above SG, with a trilinear mark above the letters; (ii.) lion passant • (iii.) crowned leopard's head; (iv.) q, the date letter for 1791-2; (v.) head of George III., looking to sinister. The small Flagon, not silver, is 8¼ inches high ; the diameter oI its foot is 4f inches, that of iui mouth 8. The domed lid has lost a knob which formed its finial. There is a spout and a handle. ASH (S.ANDWIOR). The Rev. Edw. S. Woods, Vicar of Ash, near Sandwich, has furnished full particulars respecting the Communion Plate of his parish. It consisb3 of 2 OuPs (1874), 8 P.A.'l!ENS(1721 and 1727), 1 FL.A.Golf(1874), and 8 ALMs-PL.A.ns,not of silver. · The CUPS are both alike ; 8¼ inches hi~h, and 4rinches in diameter of mouth. .· The bowl of each is 2f mches deep. Around the mouth of each is engraved the text " OaUcemSal.utans accipi,am et nomen Domini invocal,o" (Ps. cx:vi. 18). On the foot of .one we read. these words, " !lb the glorg of 001) in loving memory Qf tlie blesseilileail Okris"tine]). JuU. 1876." On the foot of the other " In MajoremJ)ei glonam, ea:ilono Joamis llicluurilslwj_v.s ParocllitB 7Ti1XZ,ri,i1876." The IULL-JU.BKS are (i.) lion passant; (ii.) uncrowned leopard's head; (iii.) t small Roman date letter, for 1874-5; (iv.) Victoria's head; (v.) J.E.B.W.J., in script capita.Is, placed in a qua.trefoil, one J being above, and the other below, the letters E.B.W.; the mark of Messrs. Barna.rd, of Angel Street. · The silversmith numbered these cups 192, and 198. The three P .A.TENS were a.II made in the reign of George I., but the largest is of the purer quality of silver ca.ilea New Sterling; while the two smaller Pa.tens are of ordinary silver of the Old Standard. I. The largest PATEN bears, on its back, this inscription, "Plie Gift qf ..ilP'Elenor Oartwrigkt to tll,6Pansli of ..d.sli. 1721." Nor ASH {BY SA.NDWIOH). 249 was t1iis her only gift of plate ; she also presented a. Flagon to A.sh Church at the same time; but the F}a;gonthat she gave was ex changed, in 1876, for a. _new one, whicli is now in use. In the centre of Miss Cartwright's Pa.ten a.re engraved her armorial bear ings :-upon a. lozenge) or, a. fess embattled, between three cart wheels, shaped like Catherine wheels, sable.- The lozenge is framed in handsome foliage and scroll work. Eleanor Cartwright, her brother Gervase, and her sist~r Anne, were kindly benefactors to this parish. Together they, in 1720-1, go.veland here as an endow ment for a. school, in which 50 poor cb.ildren should be ta1;1g~tto read and write. The sisters a.Iso_gave £100 for "beautifying" the chancel, and providing this PAT.EN and a. 1J.,la.gon.The H.t1LL JU.BKs on Miss Ca.r~ht's Pa.ten a.re (i.) Anthony Nelme's mono gram of the linkt}d letters A.N.; (ii.) lion's head erased; (iii.) Britannia.; (iv.) F, the date letter for 1721-2. This Pa.ten is 9 inches in dl8.llleter; and stands 4 inches high upon its central foot. On the north wall of the chancel, and in the fioor within the communion rails of Ash Church, a.re epitaphs commemorating the donors and their brother. They died in rapid succession ; Gervase Cartwright on the 6th of April 1721, aged 44; Eleanor on the 20th of January, 172½, aged 47; and Ann on the 19th of February, 172¼-.aged 46.• 1.1heother PA.TENS, IL and Ill, a.re smaller, being only 6¼ inches in dia.meter, and 1¾ inch high. Upon ea.ch of them are engraved the arms of a.widow ; shewing upon a lozenge the armorial coat of her husband, Henry Roberts, impaled with that of her father. The Roberts arms a.re ".J..1-gent,3 pbeons sable; on a. chief -sablea greyhound courant ;" the arms of the widow's f:a.ther were Argent, on a. mound 1Jert,a bull statant gules-(proba.bly a. Ridley coat). This inscription is engraved on ea.ch Pa.ten:-" Given to !l Pari,s"f.Ohuroh oj .J..sAin Kent in !l gear 172f" (sio). The donor was Mrs. Susan :&:>berts,widow of Heni'y Roberts of Ash, grandson of Sir William Roberts of Willesden, Baronet. A tablet on the south wall of the chancel states. that Mr. Henry Roberts died on the 25th of February 171¼, and that his widow survived until the 11th of February 173f. She gave these Pa.tens to Ash Church, three yea.rs before she died. Her maiden name may have been Ridley. The H.t1LL-Jt.t1Bxs upon her Pa.tens a.re (i.) M, the date letter for 1727-8; (ii.) arowned leopard's head; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) the badly-stamped ·mark of Thomas Tearle, 'Oiz., beneath a. arown, a. rose; and beneath the rose the initials T.T. Here, the initials on the die did not touch the metal, so they a.re not visible. The Churchwardens' accounts for 1634, shew that a. large and capacious FLAGON was then needed for the Communion wine. They state that during Eastertide in that year, at six celebrations of the Holy Communion, there were no less than 628 " pa.rtyes which reseved. "t The Flagon was probably of pewter at that time. There * The full text of the remarkable epitaphs is printed by Mr. Planohe in his book on Ash, .4. Oorner of Kent, pages 212-3. t Pla.uche's ..t Cornerof Kent, p. 158. 250 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. is, in 1684, an entry of 5s. " payd to Simon barrowe's wife £or washing the Communion linan, and sc[o]uring the pllate and pewtar £or one year." Some change was made in 1641 ; perhaps a larger flagon was obtained. An entry occurs in that year of 4s. " more, laid out £or changing the communion :flaggon."* Probablythe :flagon thus obtained, in 1641, remained in use until 1721, when Mrs. Eleanor Cartwright, spinster, gave to the Parish a valuable FLAGON, which was alienated, ten years ago, by the Vicar and Churchwardens, with the consent o:f the Vestry, at the instigation o:fthe Rev. John Richards, Vicar, who considered that "the shape o:f the Flagon was highly inconvenient, and caused accidents." Given together with the large Paten, by this generous donor, her Flagon was probably made (as her Paten is) of the purer quality of silver (the New Sterling), which is now so rare. To replace this pious gift of the good Eleanor Cartwright, Mr. Richards and his Churchwardens obtained the FLAGON now in use. It is of claret jug shape (or round bellied) with a handle, long narrow neck, and spout. It is 12 inches high, and at the widest part 5 inches in dia meter. It is made, not 0£ the purer silver of the New Sterling, but of the ordinary old sterling silver. Mr. Richards caused to be inscribed upon it the following misleading legend (copied from the old Flagon), "11he gift of Mr• Elen01• Cartwright to the Parish of .Ash 1721," and he added these words, "Pascha+nostrum+ immolatum+ est + Christus," which encircle the body of the Flagon, at its widest part. Miss Cartwright's arms appear on the front 0£ the Flagon. The HALL-'M.AIIKS are similar to those on the Cups. There are 8 ALMs-:eLA.TES of metal, gilt ; all of the same size, 10¼ inches in diameter. Upon each is engraved a short text of Scripture. One bears the words, " To do ffOOdand to distribute forget not;" another, "Blessed is tlie man that provirJetli for the siolc and neeily;" the third, " He that soweth plenteously shall reap also plenteously." ASH (Diocese of RooIIESTER). The Rev. J. A. Boodle visited Ash on the 30th of October 1886, and examined the Church Plate, a Cup (1565), a Paten (1712), with 2 Plated Vessels. From his notes I write the following description: The COMMUNION CUP at Ash, by Wrotham,is an Elizabethan vessel, made in the year 1565-6. It is devoid of engraved ornament, but is remarkable £or its dwarfed stem. There is a diRtinct conical stem (with a reeded moulding at its base and at its summit), yet the stem and foot, together, are but 2½ inches high, while the bowl is 4 inches deep. In its dwarfed stem it resembles the Elizabethan cups at Shadoxhurst, and St. Bartholomew's Hospital in Sandwich. The Elizabethan Cups at Mereworth, Wateringbury, and Yalding, which have no stem at all between the foot and bowl, belong to another category ; although in each of them the proportion between * Planche's Li. Comer ofKent, p. 195. ASH (BY WRO'l'HAM); ASHFORD. 251 the total height of the Cup and. the depth of its bowl is somewhat similar. The HA.LD-MA.RKS uponthe Cup at Ash are (i.) lion passant; (ii.) crowned leopard's head; (iii.) an illegible maker's mark ; and (iv.) small black-letter iJ, the date letter for 1565-6. This Cup is 6½ inches high ; its bowl is 4 inches deep, and 3¾ inches wide at the mouth ; the foot is 3½ inches wide. The PATEN, '7¾inches iD;diamete ;, stands 2 inches high, upon a central foot. It was made m the reign of Queen Anne, from the purest quality of silver, called New Sterling; and is a silent memorial of the affection felt £or this Church and Parish by the Rev. Samuel Atwood, junior, Rector of Ash. He succeeded his father (who bore the same Christian name), in tl1e Rectory of this Parish, in March 1'70½,and he did much for this Church. A handsome altar• piece, which he gave, remained here until the present century. He died in April l '735. On the £ace of the Paten his name does not appear; the only inscription being as follows (in three lines), .A.sh I E::vDono Reatoris I 1'713. Engraved on the foot of the Paten is the sacred monogram, IHS en soleil. The.HALL-MARKSare (i.) Britannia; (ii.) lion's head erased; (iii.) court-hand capital R; the date letter £or 1712-3; and (iv.) an illegible maker's mark, somewhat like that of Jos. Ward, which has an anchor between W and A. . The FLAGON and ALMS-DISII at Ash are both 0£ Plated metal. The Flagon has handle, domed lid, and spout. Its height is 9½ inches, to the top 0£ the lid; the diameter 0£ its drum is 4½ inches, and of its splayed foot 6 inches. Engraved upon it is the sacred mono gm,m IRS en soleil. The Plated ALMS-DISH. is 6 inches in diameter. ASHFORD. The Rev. Canon Alcock, Vicar of Ashford, furnished such notes 0£ the Communion Plate of that Parish as enabled me to prepare the following description. It consists of 2 Cups (1632), 2 Flagons (1'710), an Alms-dish (1'780), and 3 Patens (1784). The two COMMUNION CUPS are similar in shape and weight; they were both, probably, made during the reign 0£ Charles I., but not perhaps in the same year. Both of them have plain bell-shaped bowls, 4 inches deep, and 4½ inches in diameter; they stand '7¾ inches high, and the foot of each is 4½ inches wide. The stems are conical; and curving down over their summits, are plain uncut collars. Simple mouldings intervene twixt the collar and the bowl. I. One CUP has no inscription, nor engraved work of any kind, nor any standard JfA.llKS; but it bears the monogram, CB, of a very skilful goldsmith, whose work was much in fashion between 1606 and 162'7. The weight of this cup is 13 ozs. 15 dwts. The same accomplished goldsmith made in 1619-20 the beautifol covered cup belonging to Linton Church, in Kent, which is engraved in Part I., p. 27, and .A.rchaJologia Oantiana, XVI., p. 351; he also made a cup, of equal beauty, which is now at Appleby, in the church of St. 252 OHURCH FLA.TE IN KENT. Michael, BongJi,te.* A plain cup, given to the church of Walton in CumberlandJ>y Mr. John .Addison,.in 1624, was l!,lsomade by C.B. .AJJthe Walton cup is 7 inches high, and weighs only half as much as the cup at .AJJhford,it is evident that the Ashford cup was one of the better examples of this goldsmith's plain cups. Of his large secular cups the Armourers' Company in London possesses a good specimen (their Helme cup), made in 1606; Messrs. Hancock, the goldsmiths, have or had another, made in 1625; and the Corporation of the Trinity House possesses one ¥Jade in 1627-8. IL '.rhe other CUP bears the London H.ALL-JU.RKB; and since The Ohronol,ogicalList was printed, I have myself found on it the maker's mark, an eseallop-sliellin a shield which follows the shape of the shell. This maker made much plate; Mr. Cripps knows thirteen pieces of his make, and I have found three other examples at Kenmngton, Orpington, and Kena.rdington, bearing: the same escaJlop-abell. This Ashford cup is dated by a small italic p, the date letter £or the year 1632-3; and around the inside of its foot a.re engraved these words, "AB/iford•. A.11.0Dom. 1633. 13 ~. 12 dwt. Oost£3. 16 sh." It seems to have lost weight from usage; at pre sent its wei~bt is only 13 oz. 8 dwts. These cups were probably obtained durmg the incumbency of the Rev. Edmund Hayes, who was Vicar of Ashford from 1622 until his death in August 1638. The one last named was evidently purchased by the parisli, at a cost of 5s. 7½d, per ounce. The Asliford FLAGONS are a ~ir, tall and handsome, made in the reign of Queen .Anne, from the purer silver of the New Sterling. Their maker was John Bodington, a well-known gold smith, whose house st.ood in Foster Lane, Cheapside, nea.r the site now occupiedby the back of the General Post Office,in London, nea.r also to Goldsmiths' Ha.ll. His shop was known by the sign of the Mitre; and Bodington used, as his trade ma.rk,a mitre, above the first two letters of lris name. Many examples of his workman~ ship a.re known. At W oodchurch there is a Paten, made by him in 1707; at North Cerney in Gloucestershire, a Communion Flagon; of his make, is mentioned by Mr. Crip_ps; who himself possesses an hexa.gonalchocolate-pot made by Bodmgton in 1715-6. Hunt and Roskell have an e::irlyspecimen of bis work, a cup and cover made in 1697-8; and there 18 another, of the same date, at Trinity College, Cambridge, called the Boyle Cup. One of his two-handled Cups (made in 1699) is in the possession of W. Boore, Esq. The .AJJh .ford Flagons stand 14 inclies high ; and the splayed foot of each is n-inches in diameter ; the mouth is 4½inches wide. The domed lid, 1¾ inches high, is surmounted by a round knob. Engraved on the front of tlie drum is "Ashford," with IHS en sokil, and "JJia,·ch 27. 1711." Beneath the foot of one is engraved the weight 51.13 (it now weighs only 50ozs. 18 dwts.); and beneath the other 52.18 (this .flagonnow weighs 62 ozs. 14 dwts.). The H.ALTrMARKB on each are (i.) Bodington's ma.rk: in a shaped .. Engr:i.vedin Ferguson's Old Ohr<'k Plate i11 tlte Dioce1e of Oarlille, ·p.177. ASHFORD. Cup, 7¾-inches ~i ma.de in 1632-3, by a. London Goldsmith whose mark is an escallop shell ASHFORD. 253 escutcheon, above the letters BO a mitre, below them a mullet or trefoil; (ii.) lion's head erased; (iii.) Britannia.; (iv.) Court-hand capital P, the dare letter for 11710-1. In the lids of the ila.gons these marks again occur, and a.re there very clear and distinct. The .ALMS-PL.A.TE, 9½ inches in diameter, ha.a on its rim a moulding fol'IX!edof small hemispheiical 'bead$.It was mooe in 1780-1 by Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp, London goldsmiths, whose shop stood in Westmorland Buildings. A cup and a fat.en given to Southtleet Church by Dr. John Thomas, Bishop o Rochester, in 1783, were also made by this firm. Upon the back of the Alms plate is engraved "kn.ford Pama,1785." In the centre of the plate is the sacred monogram, IHS. en soleil. It weighs 12 ozs. 15 dwts. The H.4.LL-JWlKS upon it are (i.) ~. the mark of the makers; (ii.) lion paasa.nt; (iii.) crowned leopard's bead; (iv.) e, the date letter for 1780-1. There a.re three plain PATENS at Ashford, ea.ch with a beaded rim, similar to that of the Alms-plate. They were ma.de in 1784-o, by Hester Bateman, who carried on the business of a goldsmith at Bunhill Row in London, from 1773 until 1790, when Peter and Jonathan Bateman, probably her sons, succeeded her in it. In the following year J ona.tha.n seems to have died, and Anne Bateman, probably the widow of Jona.than, became partner with Peter. A grandson of H~ster Bateman may have been ta.ken into partnership in 1800, when the style of the firm changed into "Peter, Anne, and William Bateman." In 1805, Anne's name dropped out, perhaps she died in that year; and the business was thenceforward carried on by Peter and William Bateman. Heater Ba.t.emnn probably inherited the business in Bunhill Row from her father, when she was herself a widow; as the name of Bateman does not previously occur in the lists of London Goldsmiths. She seems to have ma.de a reputation for good workmanship, above the average of the trade. We cannot name an early example of her skill during the first five yea.rs of her tra.diI!g; but at Newnham Church we find a handsome set of Communion V easels ma.deby her in 1778--9; Mr. W.R. M. Wynne has a small two-handled tray of hers, made in 1782-3• ; Dr. Ashford poRSeasesa cream jug ma.dein 1783-4, and a cake basket manufactured in 1'185-6, both bearing her ma.rk.t Mr. Cripps mentions a Pa.ten ma.de by her in the same year, as remaining at Ga:teshead Church; and a small Communion Oup at St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, made in 1789-90.t Tunbridge Parish Church possesses au Alms-plate, made by Heater Bateman in 1784-5 ; and another example is the covered Oup belonging to the Ohurch at West Cliff, near Dover, which bears her mark, H.B. in script ca.pita.ls, within a lobed escutcheon. F.a.ch of the Ashford Pa.tens is 6 inches in diameter, and weighs 5 ots. 2 dwts. The * W. J. Cripps, Old Engli,,. Plate, 2nd edition, p. 81'1; and later oorreotion of initials. ·t W. Chaffbrs,Gilila Afl1'{fabrort1ni, pp. 159, 160. :j: OZctEnglial• Plate, 2nd edition, p. 818. 254 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. HALL-MARKS upon them are (i.) H.B. in script capitals ; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head crowned; (iv.) small Roman i, the date letter £or 1784-5. ASHURST. The Rev. Henry W. 0. Polhill, Rector of .Ashurst, tookpains to supply notes of the Communion Plate of that Parish. It consists of a Cup (1623), a Paten (1728), and a Flagon of Silver (1870), with a Flagon and Paten of Pewter. The CUP, made in the reign of King James I., has around the middle 0£ its bowl one belt 0£ engraving. It stands 6 inches high ; the diameter 0£ its mouth is 3 inches, and of its foot 3½. It weighs 8½ ounces avoirdupois. The HALL-MARKSare (i.) small italic f, the date letter for 1623-4; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) crowned leopard's head ; (iv.) in a shaped escutcheon, 2 Roman capital letters, like IG. The silver PATEN, 6 inches in diameter, has, in its centre, the sacred monogram IHS en soleil. Its weight is 7¾ ounces. The HALL MARKS, faintly seen, are (i.) Roman capital N, the date letter £or 1728-9; (ii.) lion's head erased; (iii.) Britannia; (iv.) in a shaped shield L E, or L r. The silver FLAGON is inscribed ".Ashurst Church j Kent I 1870." It was made by George Lambert 0£ Coventry Street, London, and has upon its lid a simple Greek cross. It stands 9½ inches high; the diameter of its mouth is 2¼ foches, and of its foot 4 inches. This Flagon weighs 18 ounces avoirdupois. The Pewter Flagon is no longer used. It is 11½ inches high, and 4 inches in diameter. The Pewter Paten is 6 inches in diameter, and has at its back a mark-in a plain shield, a dragon. AYLESFORD (Diocese of ROCHESTER). The Rev. Cyril Grant, Vicar 0£ Aylesford, has furnished me with £ull descriptions ·of the sacred vessels of that parish. They consist of a Cup (1627) with Paten-cover, a Flagon (1711), a large Paten (1724), and 3 Alms-dishes (1724 and 1858). The CUP, 7t inches high, and 10 ounces in weight, is quite plain. It has a knop in the centre of the stem, and its foot is rather deeper than usual. The bowl is 3¾ inches wide, at its mouth. · The HALL-MARKS upon it are: (i.) small italic le, indicative of the year 1627-8; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head crowned; (iv.) in a heart-shaped shield, R.C., with a pheon below, its point downward. This R.C. made much Church Plate. Examples of his work are found at Lewisham Church, at St. Margaret's, West minster, at Exeter .Cathedral, and elsewhere. It is probable that he had been long m the trade when he made the cup now at .A.ylesford. The same initials, but in a plain shield, with three dots below the letters, and three pellets above, occur on the Paten-cover at Throwley Church, which bears the date letter of 1599-0. A.YLESFORD. 255 The PATEN-COVER is 4¾ inches in diameter, and 1 tin height. It weighs 4 ozs. 5 ; and bears the same HJtLL-M.A.RKS as the Cup. The FLAGON, weighing 26 ounces, stands 11½ inches high, and was made in 1711-2 of the purer quality of silver, called "New Sterling." From entries in the Parochial Account-book for the y-ear 1712,which Mr. Grant kindly copied £or me, we learn that this flagon cost £13 lls. 6d. One half of that sum was given by the Vicar, the Rev. Thomas Tilson the younger; and the other half was contributed by the parish. The Flagon is of the ordinary type, with splayed foot 6f inches wide, tapering barrel, "S " handle, thumbpiece, and moulded lid. On the front of the barrel is engraved this inscription: "Ex sumptu Pa"t'oohim de Aylesford et Thomm Tillson Vioa"t'ii Oonjunotim .A.;D, 1711." Mr. Tilson, in July 1'702, succeeded his father, Thomas Tilson the elder, in this benefice. The father was Vicar of Ayles£ord and Rector of Ditton £or a quarter of a century, or more ; and the son held the same benefices during almost fifty years, from 1702 until 1749. At the same period a certain Edward Tilson, and after him his son of the same name, held together the benefices of Eyusford and Lulling stone from 1672 until 1748. Probably these £our Tilsons were connected with Henry Tilson, Bishop of Elphin, who suffered much during the Commonwealth, and was buried at Dewsbnry in York shire, in 1655, aged 80. The HALL-MARKS on the Flagon are: (i.) �tt; (ii.) Britannia; (iii.) lion's head erased; (iv.) Court-hand capital Q, the date letter for 1711-2. The maker's mark probably contains the initial letters Lu of the surname of William Lukin, a London goldsmith, who lived in Gutter Lane ; but this is not absolutely certain. The large PATEN, '7½ inches in diameter, was a later gift from the same Vicar, Mr. Tilson. This we learn from the inscription, engraved in five lines, on the centre of the Paten, within au orna mental oval frame of foliage and scroll-work: " Puwmest I DOMINE I tibi Reado I T, TILSON. VIC. I AyZesfo"t'd j 172,¼." It weighs 10 ozs.; and stands l½ inch high. Its H.A.LL-M.A.RKS are: (i.) I, the date letter £or 1'724-5; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head crowned; (iv.) a mitre, surmounting two initial letters which look like S.W. The large ALMS-DISH, 11¾ inches in diameter, and 26 ounces in weight, bears the same H.A.LL-M.A.RKS as the Paten, and was made at the same time. It is inscribed in its centre, " The Gift of Jl L.A.DY T.A.YLOR to the Pa"t'isk of .fi.ylesforrl,. T. TILSON. VIC. 172¾," The donor, Alicia, Lady Taylor, of Preston Hall, was a very remark able person. The daughter of Sir Richard Oolepeper, Baronet, 0£ Preston Hall, who died in 1659, she was the only sister and heir of Sir Thomas Colepeper, the last baronet of that line, who, dying in 1'723,was buried in the south chancel of Aylesford Church. As her father died in 1659, she must have been born about 165'7. She was married, in or before 16'75, to Herbert Stapeley, Esq. (son and heir-apparent of Sir John Stapeley, of Patcham, in Sussex, Baronet), whose mother was Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir Herbert Springett, of Broyle Place. By Mr. Stapeley, who was M.P. for 266 CHURCH PLATE IN Kl!.'NT. Seaford in 1679, she had two children, who died young. This gen tleman died in or about 1690, during the lifetime of his father the baronet. His widow, Mrs. Alicia Stapeley, then married, as her second husband, Sir Thomas Taylor, 13a.ronet, of Park House, Maidstone; a gentleman of about her own age, born in 1657. By him she had a son Thomas, born in 1698, who succeeded to the baronetcy at the tender age of three years, when his father died in 1696. Lady Taylor being left a widow for the' second time, was again wooed, and was now won by her first-cousin, Thomas Cole :peper, a barrister, the second son of Sir Thomas Colepeper of Holl mgbourne. When ma.rried to her third husband, she continued to reside in Pa.rk House, near Maidstone, and retained the title of Lady_Taylor, while she brought up and educated her young son, Sir Thomas Taylor. Her third husband, Mr. Colepeper, like his predecessors, died young ; and the unfortunate lady was also bereft of her son Sir Thomas Taylor, in the yea.r 1720, when he died at the early· age of 27; and his ba.ronetcy became extinct. Three yea.rs later, in 1728, Lady Taylor's only brother, Sir Thomas Cole peper died, and she then inherited Preston Hall and the whole of Lis estates. Needing a partner to share the mana~ement of such la.rge possessions as thus devolved upon her, she ma.rned, in October 1728,as her fourth husband, Dr. Jolin Milner, of Pudsey, Yorkshire. He must have obtained vast influence over Lady Taylor; for she settled upon him and his heirs the reversion in fee simple of all her estates, only reserving her own life interest. Like her J?revious husbands, Dr. John Milner did not long survive his umon with Lady Taylor. He died in Februar71724, havi.ng devised the rever sion of Lady Taylor's estates to his brother Charles, who was, like himself, a physician, but who, unlike his brother, lived to a good old age, dying unmarried in 1771.• It was at the time of Dr. Milner's death that Lady Taylor gave this Alms-dish to Aylesford Church ; after her fourth husband, and all her children, had been taken from her by death. She lived on, .herself, for ten yea.rs longer, at Preston Hall, in her lonely, childless.widowhood, and died in April 1784, when she must have been nearly 80 years of age. The two smaller ALMS-PLATES a.re quite modern, made in 1858-9. They are each 9 inches in diameter ; and the rim stands 1 inch above the bottom. One weighs 14 ounces 10, and the other 14 ounces 5. On one is engraved a representation of the Good Sama.ritan ; and on the other appears tlie poor widow casting her mite into the treasl!l'Y. The former was num bared 156, the latter 157, by their maker. On the back we read, ".d. Gift to tke Parish of Aylesford from ~ Pr,c:nklgn:Esq,._ of • By Dr. C. Milner's will, the estates passed t.o his nephew,the :Rev.Joseph Butler, who took the name of Milner, but died ohildlessin 1784.. Arter his widow'sdem.h the estates went t.ohis nephew,Charles Cottam, of:Fnrningham, who in M.a.y1 '788 took the name of Milner, a.nd in 1791 tnll_rriedMiss Ha.rriet Dyke, a. daughter of Sir John Dixon Dyke, of Lullirigst.oneCastle, JJADLESMERE ; 1JAPCHILD. 257 (ii.) leopard's head; (Hi.) black-letter .c,the date letter £or 1858-9; (iv.) Queen Victoria's head; (v.) the maker's mark, E.B. above J.B., with " &" between the lines. BADLESMERE. This parish possesses an Elizabethan Cup, and two later Patens (1'735). The CUP, 6 inches high, was made in the year 15'74-5. Its bowl, 3½ inches deep, and 3¼ inches wide at the mouth, is orna mented with a narrow belt of woodbine foliage, between two fillets which interlace at three points. At each point of intersection a small fleur-de-lis projects, both above and below the belt. Upon the moulding which forms a knop, on the stem, there is a belt of hyphens without fillets. The foot is 3½ inches in diameter. The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) black-letter r, indicating the year 1574-5; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head crowned. Beneath the foot are scratched two numbers, "123" and "939." The two PATBNS of silver, both stand on central feet; one is large and the qther small. The larger of the two is 7¾ inches in diameter, and stands 2¾ inches high. The diameter of the foot is 2¾ inches. The centre is sunk ¼ of an inch below the level of the rim. This PATEN is inscribed, "E Sao1•is Eoolesi BAPCHILD. The Communion Plate of this parish was all renewed, in the year 1844, by the generosity of the Vicar, the Rev. William W. Holland. What there had been before, we do noj; know. The history of the beautiful vessels now in use (2 Cups and 2 Patens of silver, with an Alms-dish and a Flagon of plated metal) is narrated in an inscription on a brass plate, affixed to the cover of the box which contains the Sacred Vessels. It runs thus : "Ad lionorem VOL, X:VII, S 258 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. IJei et in usum altaris eccl':trt ttobt1$.'' In the centre is engraved a cross having the figure of a Lamb in its midst. The Birmingham HALL MARKS are on it, as on the Cup, but the date letter is 1fl, £or 1832-3. The smaller CUP (little more than half the weight of the other) is 6 inches high. Its plain shallow bowl, only 1¾ inch deep, is 3 inches wide at the mouth. The hexagonal foot, 4¼ inches in diameter, has its edge formed by six semi-circles. Upon it is en graved a representation of our Blessed Lord upon the Cross, with two flowersat its foot. The knop, which is hollow, is perforated above and below with 6 trefoils, between tl1e 6 slightly projecting bosses of lozenge shape, on which are a few engraved lines. The weight of this cup is 6 ounces avoirdupois. The HALL-MARICS upon it are those of London: (i.) Queen Victoria's bead; (ii.) lion pas sant; (iii.) black-letter capital 9J (1844-5); (iv.) leopard's head without crown; (v.) I.J.K., the mark of John Keith. The PATEN, accompanying this smaller Cup, is 4½ inches wide, and its rim stands i%-tlis of an inch above its base ; it weighs 2 ounces avoirdupois. In the centre is engraved the head of our Blessed Lord, crowned with thorns, within a cruciform nimbus, en soleil. The surface of the paten is chased with concentric cir cular lines, close together. The HALL-MARKS are those of London £or the year 1844-5, as on the Cup. The Flagon and the Alms-dish are not silver ; they are plated with silver, and gilt. The Flagon is jug-shaped ; 10½ inches high ; with an S handle, and a lid surmounted by a double Maltese cross. Its body is 4 inches in diameter; its foot 3½ and its mouth 2½ inches wide. It weighs 15 ounces avoirdupois. Upon the front of the body is the sacred monogram ib� on a shield within an engraved :BARPRESTON.; BARHAM. 259 qua.trefoil. In.scribed round the body is this text, " BARFRESTON. The Reef.or of Ba.rfreston, the Rev. E. Austen (a nephew of the celebrated authoress Jane Austen), has furnished me with full pa.rticu]a.rs of the Communion PJa.te belonging to his church. It consists of an Elizabethan Cup and Pa.ten-cover, of silver, and two Alms-plates, one of metal electro-plated with silver, and the other of ~wter. The ELIZABETHAN CUP, 5tinches high, has a. deev. bell-sha._pedbowl (8¼ inches wide at its mouth), ornamentoo a.round the lip with a belt of hyphen.a between pa.raJ.lel fillets, full of vv-like cha.sing,but nowhere interlaced. A.round the base of the bowl there is engraved one solitary fillet full of vv-like cha.sing. The stem is somewhat trum~t-sha.ped without knop; it has, between its top and the bowl, a reeded mouldi.ng and three simple mouldi.ngs. The foot is plainJy moulded, and expands to a. diameter of 8f inches. The cup weighs 6½ ounces avoirdupois. It has been repaired several . times ; and a sma.Jlpiece of' silver, a.bout · ¾of an inch long by tth of an incn wide, 1ia.sbeen renewed in the lip. The date of its manuf:a.cture is not certain, but I a.scribe it to the year 1562-8. The PA.TEN-COVER, nearly 2 ounces avoirdupois in weight, has engraved upon its" button" the date 1577. It is 8¼inches in diameter, and I½ inch high. The electro-plat-ad Alms-di.sh, given in 1867 by the Rev. E. Austen, is 6 inches in diameter. Engraved in its centre is the sa.cred monogram IHS with cross and nails, en soleil. It weighs 5½ounces. The pewter Alms-plate, 9 inches in diameter, is quite plain, and remind.a Mr. Austen of the similar plates which were used at the Undergraduates' Table in the Hall of St. John's College, Oxford, a.bout .A.,D.1842. BARHAM. The Rev . .A.• P. Wharton, Rector of Barham, in givi.ng an ac count of the Church Plate of this parish, all ma.dein 1788, quotes an entry from the Register of the date 1758, which is of some inte a 2 260 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. rest: "In the year of our Lord 1753 on Whitsunday, Samuel Fremoult* Curate 0£ this Parish gave one large Chalice 0£ Silver with a glory engraven upon it, £or the use 0£ the Communion. Weight 28 oz. 1 d." This Cup by some unexplained cause soon disappeared, as the present CUP is thus inscribed: "The gift of Sir Hen11 and Lacl1J Oxendent to Barham Oliurch.1788.'' It is of silver, 9½ inches high ; mouth 4½ inches in diameter: the moulded foot (circular) 4½; elaborate baluster stem and foot, together, 4 inches high; with moulded knop on the stem. There is the monogram, IRS, en soleil, on the side of the bowl. HALL-MARKS on rim of foot: (i.) Head of George III.; (ii.) n, the date letter £or 1788-9; (iii.) crowned leopard's head; (iv.) lion passant; (v.) C.Kt the wrong way up. It weighs 22 ozs. (avoirdupois). The inscription is written inside the bell of the foot. The PATENS are two, both of silver. The larger is 8 inches in diameter, and stands on a central stem 2 inchel:! high, with a foot 3¼ inches in diameter. Inscribed," Barham Church 1788." Weight 11 ozs. (avoirdupois). HALL-MARKS as on the Chalice, with the ex ception of (v.), which here is" I.K." The smaller PATEN is 4 inches in diameter, and 1 inch high. It is Hall-marked as the larger one, and has the same inscription. Weight 3¼ ozs. avoirdupois. There are also three vessels of Plated ware, a small Chalice, a Flagon, and a Paten, 0£ quite modern date, with no marks or inscriptions. BARMING. The Rev. T. W. Carr supplied me with a full description of his parish church plate, consisting of a Cup (1639), a Paten (1812), and a Jnagon (1812). The CUP, 6{· inches high, has a plain bowl 4 inches in diameter and 3 inches deep ; the stem swells as it rises, until it approaches within half an inch of the bowl, when its bulbous shape ceases, and * The Rev. Samue_l Fremoult, 13.A., wasRector of the adjacent parish of Wootton for nearly forty years; from January 1789-4-0 until his death in September 1779. t Sir Henry Oxenden, 6th baronet, resided at Brome Park, in Barham. The previous holders of the title resided at Dean, in Wingham. Brome had been the seat of the Dixwell family ; but Sir Basil Dixwell dying without issue, in 1750, devised his estates· to George Oxenden, younger brother of this Sir Henry. George died soon afterwards, unmarried, in 1758, and the Dixwell estates were then settled on Henry Oxenden; who in 1775 succeeded to the baronetcy. He married, in 1755, Margaret Chudleigh, co-heiress of her father Sir George Chudleigh, Baronet, of Halden, Devon. Sir Henry Oxenden, the donor of this cup, survived until June 1803. His grandson, the Rev. Charles Oxenden, was an Honorary Canon of C:interbury, and he was Rector of Barham from 1846 to 1874; another grandson of the donor is the well-known author of many popular religious books, the Right Rev. Ashton Oxenden, formerly Bishop of Montreal. :t: C.K., in an oblong shield, was the mark of Charles Kandler of Jermyn Street, which wasregistered at Goldsmiths' Hall 12 November 1778. BARMING; B"EARSTED. 261 it dwindles in size; there is one plain circular moulding between its bulb and the bowl. It resembles a cup given by Mrs. Jane Loe, widow, to Halsall Church, Lancashire, which was made in 1641 by the s ame London silversmith, O.T., who made this Barming cup. The HAL-MARKS on this cup (which weighEJ 13·03 ounces avoir dnpois) are: (i.) maker's monogram, OT, in linked letters, the o being small, and impaled on the stem of the T; (ii.) leopard's head, crowned; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) Court-hand B, the date letter for 1639-40. Beneath the foot is engraved: B. 1735. The PATEN, 7 inches in diameter, and j of an inch in height, has a ribbed moulding on its edge. It was given, in 1812, by the Rev. Mark Noble, Rector of Barming. Beneath it we read, "Barming, 1812." Its weight is 8 ounces avoirdupois. The pre sent Rector, Mr. Carr, has caused three spherical studs to be screwed into the bottom of this Paten, which was originally a small salver, or plate. These enable it to be placed safely upon the cup, as a cover. The HA.LL-,,tARKS are: (i.) C.F (upside down) in an oblong; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head, crowned; (iv.) R, the date letter for 1812-3; (v.) Head of George III. The ]'L.A.GON was given to the church in 1839 by the late Mr. John Whitehead of Barnjet, the father of Mr. C. Whitehead, J.P., of Barming House. It is 9½ inches high; the diameter of its foot is 6 inches, and that of its mouth 4½. Its weight is 2 lbs. avoirdupois. The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) I.S.; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) R, the date letter £or 181.2-3; (iv.) leopard's head, crowned. '.:l.1hese appear on the dl'um or body and on the cover·, the handle is also marked. On one side of the drum is the sacred monogram IHS en soleit with cross and nails. On the other side are engraved these words : " Presented I TO I the Parish of Barming I b!J I JOHN WHITEHEAD I Barnjet I .A..D. 1839." Beneath the foot are scratched 295; C.E., EN, and N. 722. The brass ALMS-PLATE, lOJ; inches in diameter, made by Cox and Sons, is inscribed : " + It is more blessed to give tlian to receive." There are also two Pewter Alms-plates, 9½ inches in diameter, with a maker's mark W.W crowned, and a Pewter Flagon, 8½ inches high and 3¼ in diameter, no longer in use. BE.A.RSTED. The Communion Vessels at Bearsted are all of modern silver, made between 1864 and 1875. The Rev. J. A. Boodle informs me that they consist of two Cups (1864, 1867), a Paten (1874), another Paten (1867), a perforated Spoon (1874), and 2 glass Cruets, silver mounted. Before these vessels were presented by Miss Frances Smith of Snowfield, nothing but pewter was used here. When the new service arrived, the old pewter vessels were inserted into a wall of the church, and built up therein. The CUPS are alike, in size and shape. Their height is 7 ¾ inches ; diameter of foot 8¾. The egg-shaped bowl of each is 4t inches 262 CHURCH PLATE lN KENT. deep, and 4 inches wide at the mouth. The HALL-MARKS are, on both, (i.) lion passant; (ii.) leopard's head uncrowned; (iii.) Read 0£ Queen Victoria; but on I. we see (iv.) i the date letter for 1864-5; and (v.) W.S. in an oblong shield; on II. (iv.) is G.A. in a lobed escutcheon; and (v.) m the date letter for 1867-8. . One PATEN is 7 inches in diameter. Engraved in its centre 1s the sacred monogram IRC ; and on its rim a circle enclosing four crosses. The HALL-MARKS are (i.) I.F. in a lobed escutcheon; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head not crowned; (iv.) Head of Queen Victoria; (v.) t the date letter for 1874-5; (vi.) 58. The other PATEN is 7½ inches in diameter. Engraved in its centre is IRS. The HALL-'/dARKSare (i.) C.B. in an oval; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head not crowned; (iv.) Head o:f Queen Victoria; (v.) m the date letf;er £or 1867-8. The SPOON is perforated, and has a handle moulded like a twisted cable ; it is small size, like a tea-spoon. Its HALL-J,fARKS are similar to those 0£on the Paten. There is a large ALMS-DISH, 0£ brass. BECKENRA.M PARISH CHURCH (ST. GEORGE), The handsome vessels belonging to the old parish church of Beckenham were examined by the Rev. J. A. Boodle. From his notes I gather that they consist 0£ four Cups ( two made in 1812, and two in 1886), three Pa tens (1688 and 1886), one Flagon (1711), one Tankard with lid, and two .Alms-plates (1711). The oldest piece is a PA.TEN, No. I., inscribed with the date 1688. It is 5 inches in diameter, and seems to have been the Paten-cover £or an old Oup that is no longer extant. It weighs 6 ozs. avoirdupois. The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) R.W. in a shaped escutcheon; (ii.) a small italic q, the date letter £or 1683-4; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) leopard's head, crowned. The other PATENS, II. and III., are both gilt, !l,lld engraved with a cross within a circle. The diameter one is 7 ½ inches, and its weight 8 ozs. avoirdupois. The other 0£is 6 inches wide, and weighs 5½ ozs. avoirdupois. Both bear these HALL-MARKS: (i.) within a quatrefoil; (ii.) black-letter capital A, £or 1836-7; It:(iii.) lion passant ; (iv.) leopard's head. The FLAGON is an interesting memorial 0£ the old family of Style, which was £or centuries seated at Langley Park, in Becken ham. The last the name who possessed that estate was Humphrey Style, Esq., who0£ presented this Flagon to Beckenham Church. He was High Sheriff 0£ Kent in 1711, and he probably gave this Flagon to the church at that time. Re had no son, so· his daughter and heiress, Elizabeth Style, carried Langley Park in dower to her husband, John Elwill, Esq., who in 1717 succeeded to the baronetcy 0£ his father, Sir John El will 0£ Exeter. Mr. Humphrey Style's coat 0£ arms is handsomely engraved upon the flagon,thus: Sable, a fess BECKENHA:M (ST, GEORGE). 263 or, fretty 0£ the :field, between three fl.eurs de lis or, with a bordure 0£ the second. These words are also engraved, "llJaJ clono Hu-mfreg Style .Llrmig'"," and "Beckenham in Kent." The Flagon weighs 43½ ozs. avoirdupois. Its height, to the top 0£ the domed lid, is 11½ inches. The diameter 0£ the drum is 4 inches, and 0£ the splayed foot 6½ inches. The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) Court-hand Q, the date letter for 1711-2; (ii.) maker's mark (ha1£ illegible) be ginning with B ; (iii.) Britannia ; (iv.) lion's head erased. The .A.LMS-PLATES are connected with the further history 0£ Langley Park. Plate No. I. is inscribed, " The Gift of John llJlwill,llJsq. ;" and it bears his arms: Ermine, on a chevron between 3 eagles displayed gules, 3 annulets or, with the motto, " Patientia VictriaJ," and his crest:. an arm erect (vested sable, cuffed argent), in the hand, proper, a fleece or. The donor was the first husband of Elizabeth Style, the heiress 0£ Langley Park ; and he probably gave this Alms-plate at or about the time when his father-in-law, Humphrey Style, presented the Flagon. In the inscription he is called John Elwill, Esq.; and he ceased to be so called after April 25th 1717, when he became Sir John Elwill, Bart. The H.4.LL-MARzr:s on this Alms-plate, No. I., are similar to those on the Flagon. It was therefore made in 1711-2. It is 10 inches in diameter, and weighs 21 ozs. avoirdupois. ALMS-PLATE, No. II., was presented to the church, in 1734, by Peter Burrell, Esq. (0£ Kelsey's Manor, in Beckenham), whose widow and whose grandson ultimately became possessed of Langley Park. He has, in recent times, been described as Peter Burrell of Langley; but, as a matter of £act, when he died in 1756, his wife's nepliew, Jones Raymond the younger, was the owner of Lang1ey. That estate remained with the Elwills until 1782, when the widowed Lady Elwill, or, as Hasted says, Sfr Edmund Elwill (brother 0£ the donor 0£ Alms-plate No. I.), transferred Langley to Hugh Raymond 0£ Saling Hall, Essex. His son, Jones Raymond, began to keep his shrievalty at Langley in 1788, but died during his year 0£ office. For thirty years after that, the Langley estate was held by his only son, who, like himself, was christened Jones. When the younger Jones Raymond died, without issue, in 1'768, Langley was inherited by his aunt, Amy Burrell, widow 0£ Peter Burrell, who was a daughter of Rugh Raymond; and on her death, in 1789, it passed to her grandson, Sir Peter Burrell, who was created Lord G-wydir in 1796 . .An epitome 0£ this history is contained, heraldically, in the coat of arms engraved in the centre 0£ Alms-plate No. II. It shews the coat of Peter Burrell of Kelsey's, Vert, 8 plain shields a-r,qent, each having a bordure engrailed or; in the centre is an escutcheon 0£ pretence, bearing the arms 0£ Peter Burrell's wi£e, Amy, coheiress 0£ Hugh Raymond: viz., 1 and 4, .Llrgent,8 bars sable (£or Raymond); 2 and 3, a chevron between three birds. Above the great shield are engraved the words, "Beclcenliam Parisli ;" below the shield are these, " The G-ift of I Petre Burren Esq_'l't l .A..D. l '784.'' This gentleman was High Sheriffof Kent in 1722, and kept his shrievalty 264 CHURCH l>LA.TE IN KENT. at Kelsey's Manor House. He was Sub-Governor of the South Sea Company, and his younger brother was Sir Merrick Burrell, Baronet, whose title descended to Peter Burrell's grandson, Peter, who ultimately was created Lord Gwydir. Peter Burrell, of Kelsey's, donor of the Alms-plate, died on the 16th of April 1756. His Alms-plate (No. II.) is 10 inches in diameter; and its weight is marked on the back, as being 18=15. Its H.ALL-M.lllKSare those of 1711-2, as on Mr. Humphrey Style's Flagon. The Plate was 23 years old, when Mr. Burrell gave it to Beckenham Church. Of the CUPS, N os. I. and II. are alike, of plain silver,7½inches high. The bowl, 4 inches deep and 4 inches wide at the mouth, exceeds in height the stem and foot taken together. They are but 3½ inches high; and the foot is 3½ inches in diameter. The weight of each cup is 12½ ounces avoirdupois. The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) 'cl.W. in an oblong stamp; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) Head of George III.; (v.) R, the date letter for 1812-3. CUPS III. and IV. are gilt, and alike in their shape, which is that of a mediroval chalice, but one of them is larger than the other. Both bear these HALL-MARKS: (i.) H.L. above H.L., in a quatrefoil ; (ii.) black-letter capital A, indicative of the year 1836-7; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) leopard's head; (v.) Sovereign's head. The bowl of each is hexagonal, and engraved with the sacred monogram fl)f; (black-letter) and the .A.gnus Dei. On each stem there is a hand some knop. Of the larger (Oup No. III.) the height is 8¾ inches, the greatest part of which is occupied by the stem and foot (the latter is 5¾ inches in diameter). The bowl is only 3¼ inches dee.I?, although its mouth is 4½ inches wide. The weight of this cup 1s 21 ozs. avoirdupois. OUP No. IV. is 7 inches high, but its bowl is only 2½ inches deep, although its mouth is 3½ inches wide. The foot· is 4½ inches in diameter, and the stem and foot together are 4½ incp.es high. This cup weighs 11½ ozs. avoirdupois. The TANK.A.RD, with a lid, is massive and handsomely em bossed. It is in no sense ecclesiastical in: form or use; and no DALL-MARKS can be discerned upon it. BEOKENH.A.M (ST. .A.G.A.TRA.1S ORA.PEL), The Oup and Paten used in St. .Agatha's Chapel were both made in Birmingham in the year 1867-8. The HALL-MARKS upon each. are: (i.) Head 0£ Queen Victoria; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) an anchor; (iv.) S, the Birmingham date letter £or 1867-8. The OUP is silver gilt and of medimval design, 8 inches high, and 3¾ inches in diameter at the mouth. It is partly chased. Beneath the foot are engraved" J. H. & 0°. 811." The P.A.TEN, likewise silver gilt, and 4¾ inches in diameter, is chased with a fl.oriated cross. Beneath we see" J. H. & 0°. 118." BEOKENH.A.M (ST. BA.'RNAnAs). The Rev. G. O. F. Griffith, Vicar, supplied particulars 0£ the Cup and Paten, both made in 1876, which ·are used in the Church of �t. Barnabas; first opened, as au iron church, in 1877. BECKENHA.:M, 265 The CUP, silver gilt, and designed upon the model of a medi revalchalice, is 7½ inches high. Its :foot is 6 inches wide, but the mouth of its hemispherical bowl is only 4 inches in diameter. It weighs 20 ozs. Its HALL-MARKS are: (i.) Head of Q,ueenVictoria; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) A, in pointed shield with doubly cusped summit, the date letter :for 1876-7; (iv.) the mark of the makers Barkentin and Krall. The PATEN, silver gilt, has its centre sunk below its rim, and fits upon the bowl o:f the Cup. Its diameter is 6:!inches; and its weight 7 ounces. Its HA£L-11fARKS are identical with those on the Cup. The ALMS-DISH is of base metal, gilt. BEOKENHAM (CHRIST CauRoH). The Rev. W. Welsh, Incumbent of Christ Church, informs me that in his new church (consecrated in 187f;) there are no silver vessels. All are o:f baser metal, gilt. 'rhere are two Cups, a Flagon, two Patens, and an Alms-dish. '.l.'he Ou.PS (gilt inside) are 6½ inches high, and 4 inches in diameter, engraved with the sacred monogram en soZeil. The FLAGON is 13¾ inches high, with domed cover surmounted by a c1·oss. It bears the sacred monogram. The foot is 6 inches in diameter. The larger PA.TEN, 10 inches in diameter, likewise bears the sacred monogram ·IHS. The smaller PA.TEN, 9 inches wide, has no ornament. The ALMS-DISH is o:f brass, gilt. It is handsomely embossed, and. was presented to the church by G. Hooper, Esq., of Elmleigh, in Beckenham. BEOKENHAM (ST. MIOH.AEL A.ND ALL ANGELS). The Rev. E. R. Fagan, Curate in charge o:f St. Michael's, Beck enham (in which district an iron church was first erected i:µ 1878), states that the silver CUP and PATEN in use there are of the sim- plest kind. The CUP, 7½ inches high and 4 inches in diameter, has a knop on its stem, and round its bowl is engraved a grape vine. Upon the :foot is" IHC." It bears the London HALL-M.A.RKs. The PATEN, 6 inches in diameter, has a small cross engraved on its rim. The H.A.LL-M.A.RKSare those of London. The ALMS-DISH, of brass, 9 inches in diameter, is inscribed, " GoilZovetli a clieerful Givm•." In its centre is a floriatedcross. BEOKENH.A.M (ST. PAUL). The Communion Vessels of this modern church are all of silver. The Vicar, the Rev. Charles Green, informs me that three Cups, three Patens, and the Flagon, were all made during the reign 266 CHURCH PLA.TE IN KENT. of Queen Victoria, but that a fourth Paten, of larger size than the rest, was made in the reign of William IV. CUPS L and II. are each 8 inches high; with a foot 4 inches in diameter; and a bowl gilt inside, which is 3½inches wide at the mouth. Each weighs 9½ounces. The H.d.LL-N.A.RES are: (i.) G.F. ; (ii.) lion paaaant; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) black-letter y, the date letter for 1863-4; (v.) llead of Queen Victoria.. Upon them, upon the Flagon, and on Pa.tens L, IL, and ill., is this inscription, "P!UJ gijj of .&loemarle Oator, Patr<>?!J.to S. Paul'a Bec'lccnl,am, 1864." Mr. A. Ca.tor, of Beckenham .t'lace, first co\18ln1 of Sir Jno. Fa.ma.by Lenna.rd,died in 1868; his third son, William, was Bector of Beckenham from 1873 to 1885. CUP No. III. was purchased, in 1876, with money given at the offertory. It matches Cups. I. and II. in shape and size. The HM,I,.M.4REIJ upon it are: (i.) H.L.; (ii.) lion paaaant; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) A, the date letter for 1876-7; (v.) Queen Victoria's head. PATENS I. and II. (given by Mr. Ca.tor) a.re each 6 inches in diameter ; they bear the same inscription and HALL-lt.UlEs as CUPS I. and II. PATEN No. III. (likewise given by Mr. Cat.or) is a large Plate,. 9 inches in diameter, having tbe sacred monogram IHS, with cross and nails, engraved in its centre. It bears the ea.me inscription as Pa.tens I. and II. ; but the HALL-JLUlKS upon it a.re : (i.) W.B.; (ii.) lion pasaant; (iiiJ ~eopa.rd'a head; (iv.) p, the date letter.for 1830-1; (v.) Head of 1 · g William IV. PATEN No. IV., purchased in 1876, matches Patena I. and II. in size and shape; but the H.n.r,.Jtt.1.. RKS upon it are like those on Cup_ill., being the London marks for the year 1876-7. -rrhe FLAGON, given by Mr. Cat.or in 1864, is 11 inches high, of the modern jug-shape, modelled on meditevaJ. patterns. It bears the same inscription a.athe other portions of Mr. Cator'a gift. The JULL-MARKs a.re: (1..) T.F.E.F. ; c··)11. Ii on paeaant ; c···)111. 1 eopa. rd' a ·h-~..J""'1.1 ; (iv.) black-letter c,the date Jetter for 1858-9; (v.) Head of Queen Victoria. BECKENHAM (HoLY T.u.nnTY). The Churchwardens, Messrs. Francis Peek and John Dell, fur nished particulars of the Communion Veaaela of Holy Trinity Church, Penge Lane, Beckenham, which was erected in 1878. They consist of two Cups and two Pa.tens of silver, with an Alma dish of bra.as. The Vicar, the .Rev. S. Whitfield Daukea, informed. me later (in 1887) that a silver Flagon and a Spoon have recently been presented by Mr. and Mrs. Hennen. The CUPS a.re alike, in everything aave·the year of their manu facture. One was made in 18'76-'7, the other in 1877-8. Of each, the height is 7¾ inches; diameter of bowl 3¾, and of hexagonal foot 5 inches. There is a knop on the stem. The cups, gilt inside, a.re inscribed, "~alfttm $altttatff$ ~tipfam et uomen1llh>mhd fnbotalto." The aa,cr~d monogram ms, en soleil, is engraved on BECKENHAM (H. TRINITY); BEKESBOURNE. 267 the foot 0£ each cup. The H.tl.LL-M.tl.RKS on one, which weighs 18 ozs. 4 dwts., are: (i.) SS; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) A, in a pointed shield with its top indented by two concave curves, the date letter £or 1876-'7. The llt1.LL-J1I.t1.RKSon the other cup, which weighs 12 ozs. 17 dwts., are similar, but the date letter on it is B, indicating 18'7'7-8. The two P ATENS match and :fit the Cups. They are gilt inside, and bear the sacred monogram. That which bears the date letter A, 0£ 1876-7, weighs 4 ozs. 18 dwts. The other, weighing 5 ozs. 4 dwts., bears the H.tl.LL-M.tl.RK date letter.b, 0£ 18'75-6. The FLAGON, 0£ tbe modern jug-shape, weighs 27 ozs. 5 dwts. On its shallow lid stands an upright Maltese cross. The sacred monogram IRS en soleil is engraved on the £rout of the bulb of the body, around the centre of which runs this inscription, "Oliristus est irmnolafos Nostrum Pasaha." The H.tl.LL-M.tl.RKS are: (i.) in a quatrefoil J.A.F.H. with S in the centre; (ii.) lion passant;. (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) H, the date letter £or 1883-4; (v.) Queen Victoria's head. The SPOON is of silver, perforated, and at the top of the handle is an Agnus Dei gilt. The brass ALMS-DISR is highly embossed, ana, has in its centre a boss of carnelian stone. It is inscribed, "�O lJo goo'.IJ att'.IJ to lJi�triimteforget not, for luitlJ �tttl, �atrifite� �o'.IJ t� well plea�e'.IJ." BEKESBOURNE. The Communion Vessels at Bekesbourne consist of two di:fferent sets ; one ancient, the other modern. The old set comprises an Elizabethan Cup (1564) with Paten-cover (1578), a Paten (1693), and an Alms-plate (1685). The new set, made by Hunt and Roskell in 1846, consists of a Cup, Paten, Flagon, and Alms-plate. The Vicar, the Rev. Henry J. Wardell, gave me much assistance in preparing the following description. The Elizabethan CUP was increased in height in 1846 by the addition of a new mouth. The new strip of silver is¾ of an inch deep. With this modern addition, the cup is '7¼ inches high; its bowl, gilt inside, is now 4¼ inches deep, and 3t inches wide at the mouth. The diameter of the foot is 3£ inches. The cup weighs 10 ounces avoirduJJois. Upon its bowl, the sacred monogram tf,t within a crown of thorns, was engraved in 1846. One belt of Elizabethan foliage encircles the bowl, immediately below the level at which its mouth originally stood; the modern addition now stands above the Elizabethan belt. 0£ the llALL-M.tl.RKS,that of' the maker is now illegible; but the second initial in it is B; there are also the leopard's head crowned; the lion passant; and a black-letter g, indicating the year 1564-5. The PATEN-COVER, 3f inches in diameter, is inscribed, on the button, which is lt inch in diameter, "BEKSBORN I IN. A.n° JJmi l 1578." It is ornamented with one engraved belt of Eliza- 268 CHURCH PLATE IN: KENT. bethan foliage, without any interlacing fillets. This Paten-cover is now gilt inside, and weighs 2½ ounces avoirdupois. It bears no HA.LlrMARKS, The ancient PA.TEN, 6¾ inches in diameter, stands 1-g- inches high upon a central foot. In its centre aro engraved the words, " JJeo I Seruatori I S," within a circle. Upon the bottom of the foot, which is 2¾ �nches in diameter, are these words, "EaalesiCi3 I De Bealcsborn I Nicolaus Battely I A..M. I D.D.D." The weight 0£ the Paten is '7¼ ounces avoirdupois. The HALL-MARKSare: q, the date letter for 1693-4; the lion passant; the leopard's head crowued; and T.K., with a fish above and trefoil below the initials. The donor, the Rev. Nicholas Battely, M.A.., was Vicar of Bekesbourne from 1685 until 1'704, and at the same time held the Vicarage of Ivychurch in Romney Marsh; that is to say, he pos sessed both benefices £or nearly twenty years. He was a brother of Dr. John Battely, Archdeacon of Canterbury, and Rector of Adisham-aum-Staple. The Rev. Nicholas Battely was a learued and painstaking antiquary. He devoted many years to elaborate researches among _the manuscript records of t�e Monastery, and Cathedral, of Obrist Church, Canterbury.· His obJect_ had been simply to prepare a new edition of The Antiquities of Canterbury, which had been published in 1640 by William Somner, Auditor of Christ Church, and Registrar of the Archbishop's Court. Eventu ally, however, Mr. Battely amassed so large a collection of new matter that he added, to Somner's work, a second Part, which he called Oantuaria Saara, or the Antiquities of the Cathedral, Archbishopric, Priory, Archdeaconry, and all Religious Places in Canterbury. His work was not published until 1'708, about a year before his own death. On the title-page he describes himself as, "NICOLAS BATTELY, Vicar of Bealcsborn ;" and in the Prefaces he writes with great modesty, doing full justice to Somner, whose life and works he describes with eulogy aud reverence. Respecting himself he says, " Ever since I came into Kent I have received continual favours from the Very Reverend the Dean and Canons of this Church. By their Leave, and with their consent I have had free Access to the Archives and Library of this Church ; which I do hereby acknowlege with all Gratitude. Particularly I have been ever received by my very good Brother, Dr John Battely with all sorts of endearing Kindnesses, at his Prebendal-House in Christ Church; where I had the free Use of his Library, which is well furnished with Books relating to this kind of Study." Mr. Nicholas Battely died at Bekesbourne on the 19th of May 17'04. There is an old ALMS-PLATE, bearing the Loudon Hall marks of the year 1685-6, but inscribed underneath with the words, "Bealcesbourn Ohurah 1846." The HALL-MARKSare: (i.) T.C., with a fish above, and a quatrefoil below, the initials; (ii.) leopard's head, crowned; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) black-letter f), the date letter £or 1685-6. Whether this belonged to the ,church of old; or whether it was bought in 1840 when Mrs. Gipps gave a new set of vessels to this church, I cannot ascertain. The diameter of the plate is BEKESBOURNE. 269 9f inches; im rim stands ftha of an inch above its base. Scratched beneath, ia a. note of im weight, "17-17." Upon im face ia engraved the sacred monogram t{Jt, within a. crown of thorns ; a.a on the new veaaela. The new veaaela,a.11 inscribed underneath, " BE.A.K.ESBOURN CHURCH 1846,'' "The Gift of Jane the Wife of George G°ipps [Qf llowltit~] Esquire,'' a.re a. Cup, Flagon, Pa.ten, and Alma-plate. They a.11bear the same London IJ.tLirllABK8 of the year 1846-'7, viz.: (i.) R.H., in an oblo~ shield;' (ii.) lion pa.aaant; (iii.) leopard's head, not crowned; (1v.)black-letter ca.pita.BL; (v.) Ileaa of Queen Victoria.. The generous donor was Jane, youngest daughter of John Bowdler, F.aq. (one of the founders of the Incor porated Church Building Society). Her brother, the Rev. Thoma.a Bowdler, wa.a well known a.a Secretary of the Church Building Society. Iu 1810, Mias Jane Bowdler married Mr. George Gippa, eon of George Gippa, Esq., of Ha.rbledown, who had been M.P. for Canterbury. Her nuaba.nd did not then poaaeaaHowletta, but took hie bride :first to Ileden, and afterwards to Bourne Park, which was subsequently sold to Mr. Matthew Bell .About 1816 Mr. Gip~ purchased, and removed to Howletta; where, fifty-four yea.relater, Mrs. Jane Gippa died, on the 15th of April 1870. The CUP ha.a on im bowl the sacred monogram (f)C within a c1'0wnof thorns. Im height ia 7t inches; its bowl, nearly a. hemi- aphere in shape, ia 3 inches deep, and 3¼inches wide at the mouth. There ia a knop on im stem. . The FLAGON is of the " Camden shape ;" resembling an ema ciated example of the "round-bellied" or "pear-aha.pea'' veaaela used in the time of Queen Eliza.beth. Im height is 9l inches, to the top of the small domical lid. The diameter of the body at its widest pa.rt ia 5 inches; of the foot 4 inches; and of the mouth 2 inches, but the ~out projects another ha.If-inch. Three belt.! of engraving, in the Elizabethan style, encircle this ~on; one round the middle of the body, oue near the li_p,and a. thud on the foot; in the last-named belt, grapes aud vine fea.veaform the ornament.!. Each belt ia flanked by raised ribs of·meta.l. The sacred monogram ia engraved on this fl~n, a.a on the other veaaela. The ALMS-PL.A.'!'~ 'of this new service, ia 9f inches in dia meter, and its rim stands 1 inch above its base. .. The PATEN, of Mrs. Gippa'a ,rift, ia 7t inches in diameter, and ftha of an inch high. It has ttie sacred monogram above, and inac_ri_ptionabeneath, exactly similar to those on the Alma-plate. HowLETTa,the residence of Mrs. Gippa, the donor of the new Plate, was for several centuries a.noted seat in the pariah of Bekea bourne. It wa.apoaaeaaed aucceaaivelyby the I.ea.a.ca,the Palmera, and the Ha.leabaronets of the later creation. The old house, how ever, wa.a pulled down when Mr. Bnugh purchased it a. hundred yea.re a.go, and he built a. new house upon a. spot not far .fromthe old site, but outside the pariah of Bekeabourne, and within the • Thesetwo wordsare omittedon the Cup and li!agon. 270 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. precinct of Well, in Ickham. This was purchased, about 1816, by Mr. George Gipps of Bourne Park, whose ancest.ors had long been lessees of the Great Tithes of Bekesbourne. Howleth! being close to the boundary of the two parishes of Bekesbourne and Ickham, is much nearer to Bekesbourne Ohurch than it is to that of Ickham. BELVEDERE (ALL SAINTS). In the modern Ohurch of .All Saints, built by Sir Oulling Eardley in 1856-'7 on Lessneas Heath, within the old boundaries of the ancient parish of Erith, all the Oommunion V easels are of Plated Metal, and the Alms-dish is of Brass. The Rev. Hector McN eile, while Vicar of All Saints, Belvedere, furnished the follow ing description. There are two OUPs, 8l inches high, and gilt inside, which weigh 11 ozs. each. The FLAGON,10 inches high, and weighing 88 ounces, has a spout, and a handle. Upon it is a maker's mark, J. 0., surmounted by crossed keys, and tlie figure 4. The PAT.EN, 'Ttinches in diameter, stands 8½ mches high, on a central stem. It weighs 18 ozs. The Brass ALKS-Dls:e:,14 inches in diameter, has in its centre a boss, formed of a polished pebble. Around the rim runs this inscription, " All things oomeof Thee BENENDEN. The Oommunion V easels at Benenden are all of modern silver. The Rev. J. A. Boodle describes them as being a Oup (1848), a Flagon (1855), and a Paten (1860). 111heCUP is inscribed, " Oali,cemSalutaris accipiam et nomen Domini invooabo." The HJ.LirMABKB are: (i.) Messrs. Barnard's mark, in a ~uatrefoil, E.B.W., with J above, and J below; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head, not crowned; (iv.) Head ot Queen Victoria; (v.) g,, the date letter for 1848-9. The FLAGON is inscribed, "Pascka nostrum immolatus est ()l,,ristus.'' The IULL-Jt£RE.B are: (i.) "EB, & J.B." in a four lobed escutcheon; (ii.) Hon ]l&S88llt; (iii.) leopard's head, not crowned; (iv.) Head of Queen Victoria; (v.) a, the date letter for 1855-6. BENENDEN; BETHERSDEN. 271 The PATEN bears this prayer, ".Llgnus Dei q_id tollis peooata mwnili, ila nobis faam paoeni." The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) lion passant; (ii.) leopard's head, not crowned; (iii.) Head of Queen Victoria; (iv.) e, the date letter for 1860-1. Beneath the base are the names of the silversmiths, Widdowson and Veale, Strand. BETHERSDEN. The Vessels at Bethersden consist of a Cup (l '765) with Paten cover, a Flagon (1631), a Paten (1'726), all of silver, and a Pewter Alms-plate, which was purchased in 1735. The Rev. A. F. Smith (now Vicar of Nackington), when he was Vicar of Bethersden, supplied me with a careful description of these vessels, and with copies of entries relating to them in the Parish Accounts. The CUP is 8 inches high ; the diameter of its foot is 4 inches ; and its deep, bell-shaped, bowl is 3¾ inches wide at the mouth. A raised moulding, in the middle of the stem, fakes the place of a knop. On the face of the bowl is engraved the sacred monogram IHS, with cross and nails, all en soleil. This monogram stands in the centre of a text, in Roman lettering: " We have REDEMPTION+ through bis DLOOD, Epli. i. 7," which encircles the middle of the bowl. The Cup weighs 12¼ ozs. avoirdupois. Its HALL-HARKS are: (i.) illegible maker's mark; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head, crowned; (iv.) filt., the date letter for 1'765-6. The PATEN COVER has no marks. It is 4¼ inches in diameter; and weighs 5 ounces. The history of this Cup ttnd Paten-cover may be gathered from the following entry, in the Accounts of the Church wardens of Bethersden, for the year 1765: " pa for a new Okalioe anil Eaten, besides tlie Old one, tke Ballance in money £3. 2. 9." An old Communion Cup and its Cover, both of silver, had be·en in use for at least 120 years before the existing Cup was purchased. We can trace it back in the Parochial Inventories until 1646. As no earlier Inventory is extant, we cannot say with certainty how old the ancient cup may have been in 1646 ; it is, however, pro bable that an Elizabethan Cup remained in use until1765, when it and its cover were sent to the silversmith, whose charge £or the new cup and cover, with the engraving upon it, exceeded by £8. 2. 9. the value of the old vessels. The FLAGON is the oldest piece now in use here. Around the waist are these words, "Tlie ,r1uift of Tkomas Sha1perey. 1681." It is 9½ inches high. The lid is flat, with a small thumbpiece; the handle very long, reaching from top to bottom. The body tapers from the base upwards, and the foot is shallow and very little splayed. There is no spout. The :flagonweighs 38 ozs. avoirdupois. Its HALL-Y:ARJCS are: (i.) Roman capital 0, the date letter for 1631-2; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head, crowned; (iv.) maker's mark, fo an octagonal stamp, a square with the corners cut off, P.B., with one crescent between two pellets beneath the initials, and another crescent, inverted between two pellets above the initials. This maker made much Church plate. At Harriets- 272 CHURCH PLA.TE IN KENT. ham are a Flagon and Paten made by him in 1629; at Eastling there is a Cup of his, made in 1637-8; at All Saints, Maidstone, two Cups and Covers made in 1631-8 bear his mark; at Ospringe there is a Cup of his which has no date letter stamp. He seems to have had a son, with the same initials, who used a similar stamp at a later period. This later mark appears upon a Cup at Chevening Church that was made in 1660-1. Mr. Cripps mentions this later mark as appearing upon' two vessels belonging to the Innholders' Company; one (the Osborne Cup) made in 1658-9; the other, a tankard, in 1661-2. Mr. Cripps describes the mark on these as: " PB, a crescent, points upwards, between two pellets above and below, plain square shield with corners clipped."* The PATEN is a silver plate, 8 inches in diameter, weighing 11 ounces. On its rim are engraved these words," Bethersden in Kent. 1726. :I.'. W. and 'I!. W. Ohurah Wardens." The HALL-MARKEi are: (i.) Roman capital L, the date letter £or 1726-7; (ii.) leopard's head, crowued; (iii.) lion passaut; (iv.) an illegible maker's mark. The Churchwardens, whose initials appear on this Paten, were Thomas Witherden, Esq., of Wissenden, in this parish, who died, aged 47, a few years after the Paten was obtained; and Thomas Wilmott, Esq., of Low Wood, in Bethersden, who lived to the ripe age o-f 74, and cUed in 1758. The Rev. A. F. Smith tells me tliat in the Churchwardens' Accounts for the year 1726 there is no mention of the purchase of a Paten. Whether it was given to the church by the two Churchwardens, or by some other person during their year of office, cannot be ascertained. The old Pewter Alms-plate, 8 inches in diameter, bears the name and address of its maker, "TIM*FLY I IN LONDON." The Rev. A. F. Smith believes that a record 0£ the purchase of this plate is contained in the Churchwardens' Accounts £or the year 1735 in these words : " pa for a plate to aoleat the mony in at the Oom-munion ls. 3d." In an Inventory made in the year 1738 it is mentioned, £or the first time, as "1 Pewter Plate.'' BETTESHANGER. The Communion Plate at Betteshanger consists of a Cup (1729), Paten-cover (1725), Paten (1712), and Flagon (1858). The Rev. J. Worthington Bliss, Rector of the parish, sent to me drawings of all. The CUP; 10 inches high, has a bell-shaped bowl4f inches deep and 4½ inches wide at the mouth. The foot is 4 inches wide, and the height of the foot and of a baluster stem 8 inches long (which was inserted in 1853) when taken together is about 5¾ inches. Round the bowl, somewhat below its middle, runs a ribbed mould ing; and just above the middle of the bowl are engraved tl1ese words: "Belon'ling to tke Parish of Bettashanger 1780." The PATEN-COVER, 2 inches high, and 5¼ in diameter, is inscribed * Old En9lisli Plate, 2nd edition, p. 287, BETTES HANGER. 273 around its centre: "Betfeshangm· 1726." The HALL-MARKS shew that both cup and cover were made by the same maker, but in different yeal!S. They are : (i.) the mark of 'rimothy Ley, of Fenchurch Street; in a somewhat circular shield, T.L., having above and also below those ini tials a mullet between two pel lets ; one ellet also appears on the left of · the initials, and an other on their right; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) on tlie Oup, a Ro man capital 0, for 1729-80; but on tlie Paten-cover the letter is K, indicating 1725-6; (iv.) leo pard's head, crowned. The maker's mark is engraved by W. Chafferson page 165 of his valu able work, Gilda .Llurifabrorum, but, so far as I can see, he does not identify its owner. The same mark occurs at,Elham on a Cup made in 1724-5; also on a O1.1pand Cover of the same date at Iwade ; on a Paten at Eastling made in 1725-6; on a Flagon at Borden made in 1726-7; on a Cup (1725-6) and Paten (1727-8) at Hythe; and on a Paten at Nonington made in 1729-80. All these vessels were made of silver of the ordinary quality, called old sterling. Upon the recent baluster stem of the Cup, the HALL-MARKSare (i.) R.G crowned; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) black-letter capital .$, the date letter £or 1858-4. This stem, 8 inches long, was inserted, between the foot and the bowl by Sir Walter James (now Lord North bourne) immediately after he came to reside at Betteshange1•, which he purchased about 1852-8. The PATEN, 6 inches in diamete1•, stands 2 inches high, upon a central foot. It is made of the purer silver of the new sterling, in use during Queen Anne's reign. Underneath the Paten is engraved this inscription, " Given to tlie Oliurcli of Bettisliang_er 1712. Salmon Morrice Esq1·e." Upon its £ace is engraved, in the centre, a linked double monogram of the letters S. E. M., which are the initials of Admiral Salmon Morrice, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Wright, Esq., a Commissioner of the Navy. Admiral Morrice, when he presented this Paten to the church, was only a Captain in the Navy, and had then recently purchased the manor of Great Betshanger, upon which he reb!),ilt the mansion- VOL. x:vrr. !l' 274 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. house. Re died there in 1740, when his second but only surviving son, William Morrice, was his heir and successor. The H.A.LI,.M.4.IIKS on the Morrice Pa.ten are, Britannia.; a. lion's head erased ; a. Court hand capital R, which denotes the year of manufacture to be 1712--8 ; and the initials PE., with a. mullet above an~ below them. This last-named mark was that of William Penstone,• a London goldsmith, who lived in Foster Lane, Oheapside. There is at Sma.rden a. Paten ma.de in 1718-4 by the same ma.n, and another a.t Preston by FaverRha.m, ~a.de in 172~1. The FLAGON, a.bout 9 inches high, was given by Sir Walter James (now Lord Northbourne). It is of jug-shape, with a. spout, a. lid nearly fiat, a. thumb-piece shaped like an open loop of small twisted cable, a. small ornamental handle, terminating near the t.op of the bulb of the body, in a. curve tipped with a. fleur-de-lis. Around the centre of the bulb, or body, of the flagon, between twQ moulded ribs, runs this inscription: "GLOn.Y+ .BE+•..ro+ Go»+oN +HIGH." Around the base of the neck is a. belt of fleurs-de-Us, between two flanking moul~;{j· The H.,tLL-JUJIKB shew the date letter of the year 1858-9, a. black-letter t. BEXLEY. OLD P an.rsx Cmmcm:OF ST. M.A.n.Y. The oldest silver vessels here a.re two Alms-~la.tes (1685, and 1688 ?), a. Cup, No. I. (1751-2), and Cup No. II. (1888-4). Three vessels of Plated Metal were obtained, by exchange, in 1884, viz., a. Flagon, a. Pa.ten on central foot, and an .Alms-pJate. A suite of modern vessels (after the "Sa.rum pattern") were }!resented in 1888, when the Parish Church was reopened after its restoration; they a.re, a Cup, No. III., Pa.ten, Flagon, and .Alms dish. The Rev. J. A. Boodle and the Rev. J.M. FuTier have given me particulars of these various vessels. The three CUPS shall be first described. CUP No. I., Sf inches hi~h, has a. bowl 4 inches deep, that tapers slightly from its ID1ddletowards its mouth, which is 4¼ inches wide. The stem is conical, and upon it a.re engraved these words, "Be:,;ley 1752. wmSmith, Pho' Holloway, Oltwrchw(¥J'dens."On the foot we read "Stirr,qJ fecit ;" .Probably this was the name of the engraver who wrote tl1e inscription on the stem, and who also engraved upon the bowl the sacred mono~a.m IRS, with cross and 8 nails, a.ll en soleil. The HM1I,.JU11xs a.re (1.) lion passa.nt; (ii.) leopard's head crowned; (iii) F K, with a. star above the initials, in an oblong punch with projecting cusp a.t the top; (iv.) q the date letter.for 1751-2. The maker seems to have been Frederick Knopfell, of Windmill Street, London, who registered this mark on the lHh of April 1752.t CUP No. IL is of the same dimensions and shape as No. I. Im H.A.LI,.ltf.A.IIKS a.re (i.) 0. F. in• an oblong with corners cut off; * See his mark engraved.by W. Ohaflersin Gilda .4.1'rifaliroNl-m,p. 177. t W. Ohirlfers,Gilda .4.1'ry'aliror1Hlt,p. 185. BEXLEY. 275 (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) S, the date letter for 1838-4; (v.) the Head of King William IV. The history of this cup is contained in a memorandum found by the Rev. J. M.Fuller in the Parish Chest. It states tl1at on the 7th of January 1843, the Vicar (the Rev. T. Harding) and the Churchwardens of Bexley, finding it inconvenient to have no second 0up, exchanged the large silver" Chalice" [evidently meaning a Jlllagon], which did not appear to them, by any existing documents, to have been a gift, for a plated "Chalice" [agafo, rearl, "Flf!9on"] and a silver Cup. Thus it is evident that the existing Cup No. II. (which bears tlie Goldsmiths'-Hall date letter for 1833-4 ) was obtained, together with the existing Plated Flagon and Paten, by the alienation of a large silver vessel, which the Churchwardens called a ChaJice, but which clearly was a Flagon. It is remarkable that Mr.Harding and his Churchwardens should state that this Chalice or Flagon of silver did not appear to have been a gift, for the Parish Register twice records gifts of, or towards, a Flagon, or Flagons. In 1638 "Mrs Willianiin Gouldwell ...... * Jo. Goulrl,well 31 tow. '!l lesser flago';" and in 1641 Mr. Fuller finds this entry, "Mr Coppin brother to S'' William Coppin was founder of 3a anrl, lesser flaggon, 1641, th1·ee p'rl,s." Possibly the Flagon exchanged in 1834 was alluded to in one or both 0£ these entries. Certainly a "large" Flagon would have cost more than £3 at that time. .A.t this distance of time we cannot clearly ascertain what was done about these Flagons; nor can we be quite sure that the Bexley writer of the entries meant· by the word fagon exactly the same as we do. I£ he did, we should have expected that the parish would possess three flagons, not one only. CUP No. III., 10 inches high, has its bowl ornamented with six carbuncles, and is a handsome vessel. It is copied from a medireval Chalice of good type. The foot is a quatrefoil in plan, elaborately engraved. On the hexagonal stem there is tabernacle work at base and a good knop above. Underneath the cup is this inscription, "lJeo lJeait Oatherine Fuller July l81 1883." The two ALMS-PLATES are not a pair. No. I., the older of the two, was presented to the Parish by Mr. George Cooke of Bexley, second son of Edmund Cooke, Esq., of Lessness Abbey, in Erith, who owned Mount M:ascal in North 0ray. Their family possessed the Rectory and Advowson of Bexley £or many years.t * The writing here is not legible, says Mr. Fuller. It may be"daitgliter of," or "sister of." t In 1552, Henry Cooke died possessed of them, In 1591 Edmund Cooke "armiger" presented the Rev. Wm. Luffe to the vicarage. On Luffe's dea,th, the Rev. Nicholas Fmnkwell wa,s presented, in 1609, by "Edmund Cooke, of North Craye, 11rmiger." In 1617 a,n entry in Archbishop Abbot's Register states that Nicholas Frankwell [query, was this a son of the N. F. mentioned above PJ was collated by his grace owing to the patron having allowed the time for presentation to lapse. In 1666, however, the Cookes cease to present. Then the Rev.Ben. Huntington was presented by Thomas St. George, whose sister Rebecca had married Robert Cooke, Esq., of Mount Mascal ; apparently the last of his race. I.I) 2 276 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. The cost of this Alms-plate is recorded in the Bexley Register, 1 thus: "11£ ' G. Ooolce gave a 8ilver plate, £8: 8: 4." Upon it are engraved the word "BEXLEY" (in shaded Roman capitals) and the initials � G A, 0£ Mr. George Cooke and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Timothy Lowe, of Bromley. Their eldest son George subsequently resided at Mount Mascal in North Cray. The diameter of the Alms-plate is 8½ inches. Its HALL-MARICSare (L) lion passant ; (ii.) leopard's head crowned; (iii.) italic small s, the date letter for 1685-6; and (iv.) the maker's mark, something like an escallop shell, as found on much Kentish church plate. ALMS-PLATE No. II., 8! inches in diameter, is inscribed with the name "Bea:ley," in letters formed of punctured dots. No HALL-MAl/ICS.are visible; and the only mark upon it resembles a capital I with pellet above, and another below, somewhat towards the right hand, all in a stamp like an ear-lobe. Possibly it may be the hal£ of a badly stamped mark, tbe whole of which is an heart shaped shield bearing two initials. An entry in the Register may 1 perhaps relate to this Alms-plate. It records a gift by " s • Joln Sidley twol towards o'' .A.lrnesdi.�k, Aug. 19, 1688." This was Sir John Sedley, of St. Clere in Ightham, son 0£ Sir Isaac Sedley. Sir John succeeded his father in or about .A..D.1627, and died in1678. The ALMS-DISH, silver gilt, 14 inches in diameter, is modern, and was presented to the church after its restoration, on the 1st rs July1888. It is inscribed: "Given by M Hugh Johnston and family, late of Danson, Bexley. July1 st1888." In the centre of this Alms-dish is engraved the head 0£ Christ. There is also a J?LATED ALMS-:PLATE, 9 inches in diameter ; obtained in1884. The silver-gilt FLAGON was also presented in 1888. It is 17 inches high, and has its base octo£oiled in plan, its body is formed of eight convex curves, tapering upward to a narrow octa gonal neck with spout, and tall ornamental lid with thumb piece. The handle is not large, but is shaped like a note 0£ interrogation. The whole service is richly ornamented with engraving. was purchased from the Goldsmiths' Alliance (Limited), and is inIt their catalogue described as of Sarum Pattern. It is inscribed, " Given to God by Catherine wife of the Rev. John Mee Fuller, Vicar of Bexley, on the re-opening of the Parish Church after restoration, July I5t1888." Owing to unavoidable delay, the church was not actually re-opened until October the 6th1883. There is a PL.A.TED FLAGON, 12 inches high, which was obtained in 1884 by exchange. On it is engraved the sacred monogram IRS en soleiZ. The two silver PATENS are gilt, 6½ inches in diameter. They belong to the "Sarum" set ; and are inscribed, " Deo Dedit Oatlie 8t rine Fuller July l 1888." There is a PLATED PATEN, 9¼ inches in diameter, which stands 1¾ inch high on a central foot. On it is engraved the sacred mono gram IRS en soleil, BEXLEY-BICKLEY. 277 BEXLEY. CIIURCII OF ST. JORN TIIE EVANGELIST. The modern Communion Vessels at St. John's Church are modelled upon the pattern 0£ an ancient Chalice and Paten at Nettlecombe, Somerset, and were purchased £rom the Goldsmiths' Alliance (Limited). The hemispherical bowl 0£ the CUP is supported by a hexagonal stem, having a large pierced knop with six projecting leopards' head masks. The base is a hexagon in plan, each side being a concave curve. The PATEN has an hexagonal sinking in centre. BEXLEY. L.A.:M:ORBEY CHURCH, The Church of the Holy Trinity was built about fi£tyyears ago, by John Malcolm, Esq., in a district 0£ Bexley, which had 0£ old been called LA.M:mNnY. 0£ the six Communion Vessels 0£ silver now in use, fivewere probably given by Mr. Malcolm, the founder 0£ the church. Each 0£ the five bears the sacred monogram, with cross and nails, en soleiZ. Above the monogram are the words, " Presented to," and below it, " Lamorbey Oliapel, 1840." They consist 0£ a CUP (with its bowl gilt), a FLAGON, an ALMS DISH, a PATEN, 8 inches in diameter, on a central foot, and a second PATEN 0£ similar shap·e, 7 inches in diameter. All these bear, as HALL-MARKS, (i.) C. F. ; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head, not crowned; (iv.) black-letter capital :iJ, the date letter £or 1839-40; (v.) Read 0£ Queen Victoria. A second CUP, given in 1882, was made to match the other. Its engraved ornament is the same, except in naming the church and date. On this Cup we read, "Presented to HolJJ Tri1iity Cliurali, Lamorbey, Easter 1882." The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) in a trefoil �; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head, not crowned; (iv.) F, the date letter :for1881-2; (v.) Head 0£ Queen Victoria. There is also an ALMS-DISK 0£ brass. BICKLEY. This is a new parish, carved out 0£ Bromley. The church, dedicated to St. George, was built by George Wythes, Esq., at his own cost, in 1864. The Rev. G. W. Weldon, Vicar 0£ Bickley, has supplied me with particulars 0£ the Communion Vessels. They consist 0£ a Cup, 2 Patens, and a Flagon, all made 0£ silver in 1864-5, and a Silver Spoon made in 1879. The CUP, 8:! inches high, has a hemispherical bowl 8¾ inches deep, and about 4 inches in diameter at the mouth, where its cir- 278 CHURCH PLA'l'E IN KENT, cum£erence is 14½ inches. The hexagonal stem has a knop with cruciform openwork on each £ace. The foot, 4½ inches in diameter, bears the Sacred Monogram on one side. The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) H. W. & Co.; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) a Crown, denoting that the cup was made at Sheffield; (iv.) vV, the Sheffield date letter £or 1864-5; (v.) Head 0£ Queen Victoria. The two PATENS are 9¼ inches in diameter . .Engraved on. the rim 0£ each is the Sacred Monogram. The HALL-MARKS are like those on the Cup, but arranged in differentorder ; the Crown, on the Patens, precedes the lion passant. The FLAGON is 12½ inches high to the top 0£ the domed lid. It is jug-shaped, the circumference of its bocly being 1'7½ inches; while that of the foot is bnt 4½ inches. It weighs 42½ ounces avoirdupois. On the £oot is engraved the Sacred Monogram, enclosed in a circle, £rom which project six .fleurs-de-lis. Around the body 0£ the flagon are three bands 0£ ornament, formed 0£ crosses and a vine branch, between embossed ribs. The HALL-MARKS are like those on the Cup and Patens, but the date letter W appears between the lion passant and the Sheffield crown. The SPOON, 4 inches long, is of plain silver, and resembles an egg spoon, having no perforations in the bowl. Its HALL-MARKS are: (i.) J. H. & Co.; (ii.) Head 0£ Queen Victoria; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) an Anchor, the mint-mark 0£ Birmingham; (v.) t, the Birmingham date letter £or 1879-80. BICKNOR. The Communion Vessels of this Parish, all 0£ silver gilt, are two Cups, made in 1'780-1 and in 1862-3; a Paten made in 1862-3; a small 1·epousse Alms-dish made in 1632-3; and a spoon. The Rev. J. A. Boodle and the Rev. Waterman Gardner-Waterman have given me the weights and dimensions of the vessels. CUP No. I., 7½ inches high, has a bell-shaped bowl, inscribed Bialcner, which is 3½ inches deep, the diameter 0£ its mouth being 3!· inches. The foot is 3,& inches wide; the stem, nearlv cylin drical, has three small mouldings on the middle; and the cup weighs 6;r ozs. avoirdupois. The HALT.,.MARKS are: (i.) G. S. in oblong shield; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head crowned; (iv.) London date letter, e, £or 1'780-1. CUP No. II., 5½ inches high, has a plain hemispherical bowl, 1} inches deep, aud 3 inches wide at its mouth. The diameter 0£ the foot also is 3 inches. The cup weighs 5 ounces avoirdupois. It is inscribed under the £oot, "St. James, Bialcnor," and is engraved around the foot with £our Maltese crosses. The HALL-MARKS are : (i.) lion passant; (ii.) leopard's head; (iii.) Qneen Victoria's Head; (iv.) small black-letter g, the London date letter £or 1862-3; and (v.) �f on a square stamp. This Cup and the Paten were pre- FIV.I! COMMUNION VESSELS OF BICKNOR CHURCH; WITH ONE ELIZABETHAN CUP, FROM HUCKING CHURCH, ABOVE THEM. IN THE CENTRE. JHCKNOR-BIDBOROUGH, 279 sented to the church by the Rev. Walter Blunt, who was rector 0£ Bicknor from 1858 to 1882. The PA'rEN, 4¾ inches in diameter, weighs 3½ ozs. avoir dupois, and bears the same engraved work, inscription, and H4.LL MARKSas Cup No. II. The old repousse ALMS-DISH, only 6½ inches in diameter, weighs 4 ozs. 17 dwts troy. It had two handles, shaped like escallop shells, one of which has been broken off. A shield in the centre of the _little dish bears the inscription B�Aor scratched upon it. The HALL-MARKS are those of London £or 1G32-3. The maker's mark being iiin a shaped shield; and the date letter, a small italic p. The same goldsmith made the similar but larger alms-dish at Bredgar Church, and both the Flftgons at Lewisham Church. He also made a small alms-dish belonging to Chalton Church, Rants, and a Paten at St. Stephen's· Church, Bristol. Mrs. Margaret Aldersey, whose initials appear upon this alms dish, and upon another at the church 0£ an adjacent parish, Bredgar, was undoubtedly the donor of both. She was a wealthy heiress, daughter of Humphry Farnham, Esq., of Quomdon in Leicester shire. .A. pedigree, tracing her descent from King Edward III., may be seen upon page 42 of Arclueologia Oantiana, XVII. She married Thomas Aldersey, Esq., of Swanton Court, in Bredgar (son 0£ William Aldersey, of Sutton Valence, by his wite Thomasine Terry), whom she survived £or several years. Her sons were 11erry Aldersey, of Bredgar, who died in 1670, aged 52 ; and Farnham Aldersey, of Maidstone, who died in 1686, aged 63. The latter was married at Bicknor Church, Nov. 14, 1648, to Sarah Taylor of Oranbrook Swanton Court lies midway between the churches of Bicknor and Bredgar, although it stands within the latter parish. Among the numerous descendants of Mrs. Margaret Aldersey, now living, are Edward Hussey, Esq., of Scotncy Castle, and Dr. Johu Grayling of Sittingbourne. The silver-gilt SPOON, given by the Rev. Walter Blunt, weighs f of an ounce avoirdupois, and bears the same London Hall-ma1•ks, of 1862-3, as Cup No. II. On the back of the broad fiathandle are engraved the words, " St. James, Biclcnor ;'? on the broad tre£oiled end of the handle a Maltese Cross is engraved. BIDBOROUGH. Two sets 0£ Communion Vessels are described by the Rev. H. 0. Elliss as belonging to his Chlll'ch here. One set, given in 1663, consists 0£ a Cup with Paten-Cover, and a Paten; the othe1• set, procured in 1876, includes a Cup (gilt inside) with Paten� Cover, a Paten, a Flagon, all of silver, together with two Alms plates of brass. The old CUP, No. I., not gilt, is 7 inches high. Its bowl is 4 inches wide at the mouth, and on it is one Hall-mark only, which 280 CHURCH PLA.TE IN KENT, appears to be a black-letter capital �, probably the London date letter for 1658-9. The foot is 4¼ inches in diameter, and upon its surface are engraved, in italics, these words : " The .r1uift of William Gomeldon, Es!!.'', 1663." The weight 0£ this Cup is 9} ozs. avoir dupois. The stem has no knop. Its PATEN-COVER bears the same mark, and similar inscription. The diameter 0£ this cover is 5 inches ; its weight 2½ ounces avoirdupois. The modern OUP, No, II., has the inside of its bowl gilt. Its height is 7½ inches. Its bell-shaped bowl, 3£ inches in diameter, is adorned with a belt 0£ engraving. On the stem are four small bosses and a belt 0£ engraving. On the foot, 4¾ inches in diameter, are three large bosses. The weight. 0£ the cup is 12¼ ozs. avoir dupois. The HALL-MARKSare: (i.) Mark 0£ Cox & Son; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) Queen Victoria's Head; (v.) Roman capital A, the date letter for 1876-7. The PATEN-CO VER 0£ this Oup, 6 inches in diameter, has around its rim a belt 0£ engraving simila1• to that upon the bowl of the cup, and in its centre is a cross 0£ four equal limbs with cusped ends; around the centre 0£ the cross is engraved a circle, beneath which lies a saltire with its points formed into :fl.eurs-de-lis. The weight 0£ this Paten-cover is 4 ozs. avoirdupois. At the back are the words " Cox and Sons, Southampton Street, London," and 5 HALlrMARKS: (i.) �8; (ii.) leopard's head; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) Queen Victori�'s Head; (v.) small black-letter b, the date letter for 1875-6. The old PATEN, No. I., 7 inches in diameter, with a foot 2¾ inches wide, weighs 9¾ ozs. avoirdupois. It is inscribed " Bidboro : 1663. JJ. D., Ohurahwarden." The HALlrMARKS are: (i.) Capital black-letter�, for the year 1658-9; (ii.) crowned leopard's head; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) initials 0£ maker, the second being ·E. The modern PATEN, No. II., 8 inches in diameter, weighs 8 ozs. avoirdupois. Its HALL-MARKSare: (i.) i8; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) Queen Victoria's Head; (v.) date letter illegible. The modern jug-shaped FLAGON, 11½ inches high, with a domed lid, and a handle, weighs 18¾ ozs. avoirdupois. Its bowl at its widest part or centre is 13¾ inches in circmn£erence ; around it are engraved these words, GLORY+BE+TO+GOD+ON+ RIG H. The diameter 0£ the plain round foot is 8¾ inches. The brass ALMS-PLA.TES are 11 inches in diameter. The rim 0£ each is 1½ inch above the base. Round the rim in black-letters 1.·uns the text : " It is more blessed to give than to receive." BIDDENDEN. The Communion Plate at Biddenden consists 0£ an Elizabethan Cup, made in 1561-2, with its Paten-Cover, made in 1560-1, an Elizabethan Flagon made in 1592-8, but not given to the church until1618, an Alms-dish (1761), two Alms-plates 0£ electroplate, and two disused Alms-plates of pewter. BIDDENDEN. 281 Biddonden Elizabethan Cup. The CUP, 7¼ inches high ha.a a. capacious bowl 4¼ inches in diameter a.t its mouth, and ij inches deep. The foot is ooly 8¾ inches in diameter. Upon the bowl a.re two belts of engraving, one near the mouth, the other near the middle of the bowl. The up_per belt ha.a £olia.ge flowing between two simple lines. In the middle belt the foliage flows between two narrow fillets which £our times interchange their coUl'Bea,and, in so doing, interla.ce. Twice the inter la.cement is a. simple croBBingof one fillet over the other; but a.t the two alternate interla.cements the fillets croBB each other twice over before rettirnin~ upon a. co\ll'Be parallel to that formerly pur sued. On the stem, instead of a. knoI>, there is in the middle a. thin, projecting, round moulding engraved with one line of hyphens, or "gouttee de sang." Between the stem and the bowl there is a. reeded moulding, and another between the foot and the stem. The foot has a. belt of h[.P,hens, and a.t its edge is a.n egg-and-tongue moulding. The weight of the cup is enhanced to 2'1¼oza. avoir dupois by the insertion-of lead into the stem. The HA.LL-XAllKS a.re: a. small bla.ck-letter lJ, the London letter £or 1561-2; lion pa.asa.nt; crowned leopazd's bead; and the maker's mark, in a. shaped shield, a crescent with one mullet within its horwi and one above each horn. 282 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. The PA.TEN-OOVE&, 4½inches in dia.metier,1¾ high, stands on a central foot or button that is l¼inch in die.metier. It weighs 4 ozs. 40 grains troy. Around it there is engraved a belt similar to the upper belt on the bowl of the cup. The JI4LL-W.RKB are: a small black-lettier c, the London lettier for 1560-1; lion passant; crowned leopard's head ; and a crescent with three mullets, as on the cup. BiddendenFlagon made in 1592-8. The handsome gilt FLAGON, given to the Ohurcli in 1618, weighs 42 ozs. 5 drams troy; it stands 12¾ inches high. Pear-shaJ?ed, with a handle that curves out 81inches from the neck, which 1s 3 inches in dia.metier; its bowl is 6 inches in die.metier at its central or widest part. The round foot is 4f inches in die.merer. Engraved just above the foot are these words: "89mholumamoris eccleri BILSINGTON. From the Rev. Francis M. Cameron, the vicar, I have obtained a drawing and description of the ancient silver Oup and Paten- 284 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. Cover (circa 1680) belonging to his church. There is also a modern electroplated set of Communion Vessels, consisting of 2 CuPs, a FL.A.GON, a PATEN', and an ALMS-PLATE, all presented to the church in 1827 by the Rev. Robert Pope, who wa1:1 then curate 0£ the parish, and the owner 0£ some land in Bonnington. The CUP, 6¾ inches high, has a stem 8 inches long, with knop moulding in the middle, a foot 8½ inches in diameter, and a bowl which forms the greater part 0£ the vessel, being 8¾ inches deep, and about 8½ inches wide at the mouth. On the £rout 0£ the bowl is the sacred monogram IH8, with cross and nails, en soleil; and near the mouth, directly: above the monogram, is "Beilsin,qton, 1630.'' Underneath the foot is written" Thomas Raynolcle, 0. W."; and there also we findthe only HALL-MARK to be seen upon the cup; it is the device 0£ the maker, a five-petalled flower, with stem and lea£, within a plain shield. This maker is represented by many pieces 0£ Communion Plate in Kentish Churches. At Burmarsh, at East Langdon, and at Stodmarsh we find examples of his art. A note, respecting the repair 0£ this cup, in 1827, is also scratched under the foot. The PATEN-COVER bears the same maker's mark as the Cup. It has no other mark, but on the " button," or ·£oot, is engraved "Beilsington 1680." BIROHINGTON. The Rev. J.P. Alcock, junr., describes the Birchington Church Plate as an old Cup (1678), with Paten-Cover (1678), and a Paten (1678), together with a new Cup and Paten. The old CUP, 8½ inches high, has a very capacious bowl 5 inches deep and 4½ inches wide at the mouth. The foot 0£ the cup is smaller, being only 3¼ inches in diameter. On the stem there is the usual round moulding to form a lmop. On the bowl the sacred monogram IHS, with cross and nails, en soleil, is thrice repeated and gilt. The HALI,.MARKS on the bowl are: (i.) T.C, with a fish above the initials, as on Church Plate at Canterbury (St. Dunstan's, St. George's, and St. Pater's), Charing, Minster, Paddlesworth, Reculver, Sutton (Dover), and Wootton; (ii.) leopard's head crowned; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) small black-letter a, the London date letter £or 1678-9. Upon the foot is engraved: "Tke chalis of BircMngton made in 1/ yeare of our Lorcl1678. Jolin A'!flwin, Minister. John Goar, John Orealc, } Churchwardens." The PATEN-COVER, 5½ inches in diameter, is inscribed "BircMngton Church Plate 1678." The old PATEN, 6 inches in diameter, has its surface slightly engraved and gilt. In the centre is engraved the sacred monogram IHS, en soleil, which also appears upon the button or foot. On the top 0£ this Paten are the same HALL-MARKS as on the Cup. On the foot underneath is the lion passant only. BIRCHINGTON-JHRLING. 285 The new OUP, 8¼ inches high, and 4¼ inches wide at the mouth, has an hexagonal stem and knop; the foot, 5¼ inches wide, has jewels on :fivecompartments and if)c on the sixth. It was presented to this church in 1878 by a lady, who gave also a new PATEN, 6½ inches in diameter, with the '' Lamb and Flag" engraved in its centre, and six jewels on the rim. The HALL-MARKS are those of London, £or 1873-4; both vessels were made by Cox and Sons. BIRLING. The Oommunion Vessels at Birling are described by the Rev. J. A. Boodle as consisting of 2 Cups, one dated 1617, and another circa 1685; a Tankard, for use as a :flagon (1697-8); a Paten (airaa 1813) ; 1 old silver Alms-dish; and 1 Alms-plate of plated ware. OUP No. I., which has ornaments of Elizabethan character, is 7¾ inches high, and weighs 10¾ ozs. avoirdupois. Its bowl, 3¾ inches deep, and 3¼ inches wide at its mouth, has one central belt of engraving, formed of horizontal fillets which, interlacing, cross over and ex:change their levels, as in Elizabethan belts. It bears these punctured letters and a date + W.R. + R.D. + 1617. The stem has, at its middle, a knoplike moulding, not of one smooth curved surface, but swelling into convexities, more like a mediawal knop, than we .usually see on Qommuuion cups. There are no HALL-MARKS. The outer rim of the foot is ornamented with the " egg and tongue " moulding. CUP No. 2, which fa 7 inches high, has a plain conical stem without lmop or moulding and a bell-shaped bowl. This bowl is capacious, being 4¼ inches deep, and Bf inches wide at the mouth. On it is engraved the sacred monogram IHS, with cross and nails, en soleil. Above this monogram is the maker's mark twice repeated, near the mouth, PD, with two mullets above and one below the initials, all in a plain shield. There are no other HALL-MARKS. The foot, 4¾ inches in diameter, is so moulded that it and the stem together resemble a trumpet's mouth. The weight 0£ this cup is a 11¼ ozs. avoirdupois. From the shape we may assign it to the seven teenth century, probably airaa 1685-6; but the maker's mark is not mentioned by Mr. Cripps or any other writer so far as I know. The PATEN, 6¼ inches in diameter, stands 1 inch high, upon a central foot. It bears the sacred monogram, as on Oup No. 2. Its . . . " OR · we1g h t 1s ,.,1., 2 ozs. avoir• d upo1s. Th e HALL-MARKS are : (1. ) WS m a square stamp; (ii.) lion rampant; (iii.) leopard's head crowned; (iv.) S ; (v.) the head 0£ George III. The TANKARD, to which a spout 01• lip has been added that it may serve as a flagon, stands 5¼ inches high without its lid. It is of the highest quality o:f silver, and was made by John Sutton of Lombard Street. Its diameter is 4! inches, and its weight 26 ozs. avoirdupois. The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) SV in an o:val; (ii.) :Britan nia; (iii.) lion's head erased; (iv.) Oourt-hand :B, the London date letter for 1697-8. Upon the handle are the initials of its original 286 QHUROH PLA'l'E IN KENT. owners, the Dampiers, W!;>M, When ven to Birling Church it was thus inscribed : " Presenteil by Mrs. Jane P. Phelps to tke Okurck of BirZing, Olwistmas Day, 1854." This lady (nee Lupton) was the widow o:E the Jiev. Thomas Prankerd Phelps, whose brother, H. D. Phelps, was Rector 0£ Snodland £or sixty-one years (1804- 65). His mother, nee Elizabeth Dampier, was a first-cousin of two well-known Etonians, Dr.1'homas Dampier, Bishop of Rochester 1802-9, and Sir Henry Dampier, a Judge. This tankard bears the initials of their grandparents, Wm. and Mary Dampier, of East Hall, Blackford, Somerset. The donor's eldest so11 was Vicar of Birling 1850-64, and her second son, Canon T. P. Phelps, is still Rector of Ridley, Kent. The .ALMS-DISH, '7! inches in diameter, and weighing 8 ozs. a"\Toirdupois, bears no HALL-MARK to decide its date. It seems to have been made £or a soup plate in a silver dinner service. In the centre is engraved " a fess dancettee between three mullets pierced," probably the coat of a More, Delamore, or Wessenham. Attached to the pointed base of the shield or pendant from it is a roundel with some figure upon it. Probably this was the badge of an Order, perhaps that 0£ the Bath, or of St. Michael and St. George. The ALMS-l'LATE, 9 inches in diameter, is of plated ware. BISHOPSBOURNE. The Communion Vessels here are described by the Rev. T. Hirst, Rector of Bishopsbourne, as a Cup with Paten-Cover (1706), a Paten (1683), an .A.Ima-dish (1698-9), and 2 Pewter Flagons. The CUP, '7 inches high, has a bell-shaped bowl 4 inches in diameter at the mouth. It bears no HALL-'f,1.ARKs, but round the foot are engraved these words, " Deo et EcclesiCB ile Biskopsborn in Com. OantiCB sacrum 15'7'7, refectum et auatum." Whence we gather that an Elizabethan Cup, given to the Church in 15'7'7, was exchanged for this larger one. The date at which this was done is stated upon the Paten-cover to be 1'706. All silver worked in that year would be of the higher quality of metal, called New Sterling, so that the value of the Cup was increased; thus the words "refectuni et auatum" are explained. The PA.TEN-COVER is 4½ inches in diameter; on its under side are engraved these words, "Deo et EaalesiCB ile Bislzopsborn in Com. CantiCB Sacrum Anno Dom. 1'706." The rector in 1'706 was the Rev. Dr. George Thorpe, Prebendary of Canterbury, and rector both of Ickham and Bishops bourne. On his monument in the cathedral he is called the Reverend and Hospitable George Thorpe. The Sacred vessels used in this Church were all renewed during his incumbency. The PA.TEN, 8 inches in diameter, is inscribed, "Deo et EcalesiCB ile Biskopsborn in Com. CantiCB Sacrum 1683." The HALL-MARKS, not easily legible, are a lion passant, a crowned leopard's head, and a maker's mark not deciphered. The ALMS-DISH, 18 inches in diameter, was made by William BISHOPSBOURNE-BL.A.CKHE.A.TH. 287 Andrewes 0£ Mugwell Street, London, in 1698-9, from the higher quality 0£ silver generally known as "Queen Anne," or New Sterling. It is inscribed, "Deo et Ecclesice cle Bislwpsborn in Oom,. Oantice Sacrum 1698." No doubt Dr. Geo. Thorpe wrote all these inscriptions which are similarly worded., although engraved at three distinct periods. The HALL-MAllKS on this Alms-dish are: (i.) Court-hand 0, the date letter for 1698-9; (ii.) lion's head erased, the Goldsmiths' Hall-mark for New Sterling silver; (iii.) Britan nia, the Imperial mark denoting New Sterling quality; and (iv.) William Andrewes' mark AN. The two FL.A.GONS are 0£ pewter. BL.A.0KHE.A.TH. The Church the Ascension, Blackheath, formerly a 0hapel-of Ease to St. Ma1•y's,0£ Lewisham, was then called Dartmouth Chapel. It was consecrated as a parish church on the 3rd of May 1883. The Communion Vessels, presented in 1831 by the Rev. and Hon. Dr. Henry Legge (Vicar Lewisham 1831-79), are a Cup (1655-6), a Paten (1717-8), a Flagon0£ (1791-2), an Alms-dish, and an Apostle Spoon. A description these vessels was furnished by the Rev. John James Fawcett Neville0£ Rolfe (Perpetual Curate 1877-88 and Vicar 1883-4), with the help of Dr. J. J. Howard, Miss Berkeley, and Miss H. E. Upton, who made the sketches from which our wood cuts are taken. The CUP, though very plain, is interest, because it was made during0£ the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell in 1655-6. It bears these HALL-MARKS: (i.) W.R.; (ii.) leopard's head crowned; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) Court-hand S, the date letter £or 1655-6. Its height is 6! inches, the mouth is 4 inches in diameter, and the foot 3½ inches. It wejghs about 7 ozs. Upon the front of the Cup is engraved the sacred monogram IHS with cross ar..d nails, en soleiZ, in the ugly form which is shewn upon our woodcut of the Flagon. The PATEN, 8f inches in dia meter, stands 3 inches high, upon a central foot, the base of which is 3¼ inches in diameter. On the centre of the Paten if! engraved the sacred monogram IHS as on the Flagon. The HALL-.M.A.EKS are: (i.) indistinct; (ii.) lion's head erased; (iii.) Britannia; (iv.) B, the date letter £or 1717-8. 288 OHUROH PLATE IN KENT. It weighs 15 ozs. 8 dwt.s. troy, and is made of the New Sterling or "Queen Anne " silver. The FLAGON is 9¾ inches high to the top of the lid, which it.self is l¾ inches high. The diameter of the foot is 6 inches. The handle is an inch broad. The Flagon weighs 80 ozs. troy. Upon it is the sacred monogram with cross and nails, en soleil. The H.A.LL,M.4.II.K8are: (i.) lion passant; (ii.) crowned leopard's head; (iii) q, the London date letter forl791-2; (iv.) head of George III. The ALMS-DISH, 9½inches in diameter, weighs 11 ozs. 7 dwts. troy, and resembles a lal'ge soup plate. In the centre is the sacred mono~ as on the Flagon. ~he JUI,L-Jt.tRKH are: (i.) K.P.; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head without crown; (iv.) k, the da.te letter for 1825-6; (v) head of George IV. The silver-gilt APOSTLE SPOON shewn opposite is an inte resting example of Danish or German manufacture, '1½inches long. The' back of the bowl is seen in the woodcut. The foreign haJl-Il)ark appears as an F upside down, beside the rat-tailed end of the stem ; but it is only the date letter, and the mark denoting nationality is lackin.J?.The coat of a.rms of the original owner of the spoon with tlie initials of himself and his wife, R.O. and l3LEAN (ss. OOSMUS AND DAMIAN). 289 A.A., a.re clearly engraved. It is an interesting bit of silver. The Apostle's figure at the end of the handle may repre sent St. Paul, as he hold.a in his hand a sword, point downward. BLEAN (SS. CosMus AND DAMiilT). The Communion Vessels at Blean Church are all of plain silver, a Cu_p (1'720), a Pa.ten (1'720), a. Flagon (1'790), and an .Alms-plate (1'790). The Rev. Headly Willson, Curate-in-charge, sup• plied a description of them. The CUP, 6 inches high, has a bell shaped bowl 8 inches in diameter at the mouth. The stem and foot a.re together trumpet-like, but the foot has three convex mouldings. This Cup weighs 5 ozs. avoir dupois, and was ma.deby Timothy Ley of Fenchurch Street, London, in 1'720-1. He ma.demuch church plate, and examples of hi.s work in Old Sterling silver are found in several other Kentish Churches, e.g. at Betteshanger, Borden, Eastling, Elham, Hythe, !wade, and Newchurch; other churches have specimens of his earlier work in New Sterling silver, as at Tunstall and St. Lawrence, Thanet. The H.AI.L-M.illKS a.re: (i.) E, the date letter for 1'720-1; (ii.) leopard's head crowned; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) T L in a. round stamp with a cinquefoil between two pellets both above and below the initials. This was Timothy Ley'a 'mark on Old Sterling silver. The P .ATEN-COVER, ma.de by the same Timothy Ley in the same year, is 81 Spoons.t Blaokhea.th. inches in diameter, and stand.a lt inch nigh. Its weight is 2 ozs. avoirdupois. On its back is roughly cut the date 1'720. The H.4I,I,.lll11K8 a.re similar to those on the Cup. The FLAGON, 12 inches high, holds one quart. Its spla~d foot is 'l¼inches in diameter, but the mouth is only 4 inches Wlde. It has no spout; its lid is dome-shaped, and it has tne usual handle. It was ma.dein 1'790-1 by Peter and Jona.than Bateman of Bunhill Row, London, as we learn from the HA.I,L-H.4.llK8: (i.) r:.·in square stamp; (ii.) lion pa.ssa.nt; (iii.) leopard's head crowned; (iv.) p, date letter for 1'790-1; (v.) head of George Ill Thi.s Flagon weighs 41 ozs, avoirdupois. VOL, XVII, U 290 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. The ALMS-DISH is round, 9 inches in diameter, and weighs 9¼ ozs. avoirdupois. BOBBING. The Church Plate 0£ this parish is handsome, and consists 0£ a Cup (circa 1665), a Paten (circa 1665), a Flagon (1803-4), and an Alms-plate (1809). Major Richard Knight of Bobbing Court, Churchwarden of the parish, wrote a description of these· vessels. The CUP, 7¼ inches higb, has a wide conical bowl, 3! inches deep, and 4f inches wide at the mouth. 'l'here is no knob on the trumpet-like stem. The foot is 4¼ inches wide. There are no H.ALL-MAJIKSon this Cup, which weighs 12 ozs. Upon the bowl are engraved the arms of Sir George Moore, Baronet ( 0£ Maids Morton, Bucks), "on a chevron* 3 fleurs-de-lis between 3 martlets, over all the red hand of Ulster," impaling the arms ot' his second wife, Frances, daughter and coheiress of Henry Sandford,t Lord of the Manor of Bobbing, "er11iine, on a chief gules 2 boars' heads couped or." The arms are surrounded by stiff feather-like mantling peculiar to the time of Charles II. Beneath the armorialbearings 1 is this inscription: '' The guift of S • George Moore and I kis Lady to the Church of I Bobbing in Kent.'' When Mr. Sandford died in 1660 his daughter Frances inherited the Manor of Bobbing, but Sir G. Moore was not created a Baronet until 1665, so this gift must have been made in or after .A..D. 1665. Sir George Moore died without male issue in 1678, and was buried in Bobbing Church ; consequently this Cup must have been given between the years 1665 and 1678. A board in the church on which bene factions are recorded ascribes to "Sir George Moo1·e Ba1·t. a Silver cup_ and plate for the Oommunion.'' This Sir George Moore, in right of his wife, was Patron 0£ the Benefice, and in 1672-3 he exercised his privilege by presenting to the Vicarage of Bobbing the Rev. Titus Oates, who subsequently acquired such notoriety for his infamous action against Romanists. The PATEN, a silver plate 8 inches in diameter, and 1½ inch high, weighs 10½ ozs. It bears the same arms and inscription as the Cup. * Upon this Cup Sir George Moore's arms are thus engraved, and they are thus blazoned on his tomb in Bobbing Church; but Hasted, in his History of Kent, vol. vi., p. 198, describes the arms of Sir George as on a fess three fleurs• de-lis between three mullets. t Mr. Henry Sandford and Sir Geo. Moore resided in the ancient house of the Cliffords, old Bobbing Court, which stood on the eastern side of the highway and some distance from it. The existing house, called Bobbing Court, stands on the opposite or western side of the highway. Mr_. Sandford's fatherwas Henry Sandford of Birchington, whose daughter Elizabeth married Sir Richard Gurney, Lord Mayor of London in 1641. Sir Richard possessed Bobbing Manor, but alienated it to his brother-in-law, Henry Sandford, who was born in August 1596. He married Elizabeth Pankhurst of Mayfield, Sussex, and by her had one son (who died young) and five daughters. He was Receiver-General for the counties of Surrey, Sussex, and Kent. BOBBING CHURCH PLATE. BOBBING-BONNINGTON. 291 The FLA.GON,10 inches high, bas a domed lid, a handle, and a spout. It weighs 34 ozs. Its H.ALL-:DfARKS are: (i.) T.L.; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) crowned leopard's bead; (iv.) H, the London date letter for 1803-4. It is engraved on one side with the sacred monogram IHS en soleil. It bears on the other side, in a shaped shield, the arms of Valentine Simpson, of Bobbing Court, impaling those of his wife, Sarah Hopper, who was his first-cousin, and whom he married at Sittingbourne on the 12th of Nov. 1778. The armorial bearings remind us that their mothers, Mildred and Frances Pettit, were the grand-daughters of the Rev. Edward Pettit,* vicar of Sibertswold (1686 to 1709), by his wife Susanna Pilcher, daughter and coheir of Stephen Pilcher, of Coldred. The arms of Valentine Simpson were : quarterly, 1 & 4 Simpson, 2 Pettit, 3 Pilcher ;t and those of his wife Sarah were: quarterly, 1 & 4 Hopper, 2 Pettit, 3 Pilcher. There is on the front of the Flagon this inscription, " Tlie Gift of Mrs. SARA.H SIJID?SON, of Bobbing Oou1·t, to the Oliurak at Bobbing, Jan. 29, 1838." The ALMS-DISH, 9 inches in diameter, is a silver plate with gad rooned moulding on its rim. It weighs 15 ozs., and bears these HALL- MARKS: (i) 11]":;(ii.) lion passant; (iii.) crowned leopard's head; (iv.) 0, the London date letter £or 1809-10; (v.) head of George III. The impaled arms and crest of Val. Simpson and his wife Sarah are engraved in the centre of this alms-dish. The crest is au ounce's head, pean, erased, gules, collared gemellee sable. There is on the rim this inscription, " Tlie Giftof Valentine Simpson I of Bobbing Court, Gentleman I to the Oliurah of Bobbing I 7th A.ur;., 1809." This gentleman was Patron of the living, and his son, the Rev. George Simpson (born 1785), was Vicar of Bobbing from 1818 to 1840, when he was succeeded by his son, the the Rev. George Stringer Simpson (born 1814), who is s�ll the Lord of Bobbing Manor and Patron of the benefice, which he resigned in 1872. BONNINGTON. The Communion Vessels here are: a Cup (1757-9) of silver,and two Patens of pewter. The Rev. Francis M. Cameron, the rector, * Three treatises, written by the Rev. E. Pettit, are now in Mr. Simpson's library at Rose Hill, Bobbing. They are : (i,) Visions of t!te Reformation, printed in 1680; (ii.) -Visions of Pu1•gatory (1683); Visions of Government (1684). t The coats are thus blazoned : SIMPSON, per bend sinister indented, erminois and sable, a lion rampant oounterchanged of the last and or; on a canton gules a covered cup a1'flent, PETTIT, E1·mine, a chevron gules, between 3 cock pheasants' heads, couped, azure. PILCHER, Argent, on a fess dancettee gules, between 3 torteaux, a fleur-de-lis or. HOPPER Azu1•e a chevron ermine, between 2 pomegranates slipped and leaved or in 'chief; ;nd a Catherine wheel in base 01•, u2 292 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. kindly supplied a drawing, made by one of bis daughters, of this Cup, whicli is of unusual form, being really a porringer, not a Cup. G:~011vncon. i "'7.s.J The CUP has two handles, and is inscribed, " 0. Boninton 1759." The letter 0, eridently stands for " 01,urc'Jr.."The bowl of the cup is 8f inches deep,. and its mouth is of the same width. The whole cup stands 5 incnes high; and its foot is 8 inches wide. Each handle projects nearly 2 inches from the bowl. Beneath the foot is scratched the weight 9 oz. 9 p[ennyweights]. The H.A.LL-Jt.ABKB a.re: a lion passant, and the circu]ar stamp of the makers (Thomas Whipham and Charles Wright, well-known gold- 0. smiths), which bears their initials thus: T.W. As their mark was w. first registered thus at Goldsmiths' Hall in 1757, we know that this cup must have been made in 1757, 1758, or 1759. .A.t Frinsted Church and at Postling Church a porringer was used, as a Com munion Onp, until 80 yea.rs a.go. The two P .A.TENS, of pewter, are 5!l inches in diameter, standing each 1t inch high, upon a central foot 2f inches wide. Upon the to_pof each pa.ten is en~ved the name Bonington; and beneath eacli is stamped the name Henry Fieldar, and between his two names stands a rose-in-sun between two dovecote. BORDEN. There a.re here a Cup (1625-6), Paten-cover (1625-6), Flagon (1726--7),and Pa.ten (1715-16), respecting which the Rev. F. E. Tuke supplied information. The CUP, 8½ inches high, and 8½inches in diameter at the mouth, was bequeathed by a former Vicar of Borden, the Rev. Thomas Everard, who 'held the benefice from 1611 to 1619. He likewise beq_ueathed 6 11,cresof land in 13orden 11,ndStockbury for the use BORDEN-BOUGHTON ALUPH. 293 of the poor. The cup is thus inscribed, "~ dono Tlwmas Bvet•artl nuper BOUGHTON ALUPH. The Communion V easels a.t Boughton Alup_h,near Wye, are a. Oup (1687-8), a Paten (1687-8), a.nd.a. Flagon (1650-1). The OUP, 9 inches high, ha.a a.bowl 5 inches deep a.nd 4t iuches wide a.t the mouth. On its stem is the usual round moulding in the middle, instead of a. knop. The foot is 5 inches in diameter. The BALL-HARKS a.re: (i.) crowned leopard's hea.d; (ii.) lion passa.nt; (iii.) sma.U italic v, the London da.te letter for 1687-8. The Oup 1s inscribed, " T/,e Gift of Oaptn Robert Moyl,e_." This gentleman wa.s a. grea.t-grea.t-gra.ndson of Walter Moyle of Buckwell, whose brother, Sir Thomas Moyle, possessed Ea.stwell Pa.rk. The donor died on the 23rd of February 1689-40, a.ged 48. His widow Priscilla., daughter of Dr. Oha.s.Fotherby, Dea.n of Oa.nterbury, placed upon his tomb in Boughton Aluph Church a. remarkable epitaph, pa.rt of which will be found in a. note.• • Prom Epitaph on Capt. Robert Moyle (ob. 1689): he wasson of John (ob. 1618-4),the son of Robert (oe. 1600), the son of Sir Robert Moyle,the son of Walter Moyle of Buokwell,whose grandfather Sir Walter Moyle of Ea.stwell bought the mansionhouse at Buokwell; Sir Walter mooehis will in 1480. Wisht ashes,were it piety to pray Thy soul might onoeaga.in inform th.v clay, Each holy tongue a prayer-bookwoufd penne, And force the heavens to send thee ba.okagain. 294 CHURCH PL.A.'l'E IN KENT. The P .A.TEN, 6½ inches in diameter, stands 1¼ inch high upon a central foot. It bears the same II.ALL-MAilKSas the Cup, and was the gift of Capt. Robert Moyle. The FLAGON, 11 inches high, and 4{ inches wide at the mouth, has a low curved lid, not domed but nearly flat ; there is no spout; the handle fa well curved and the thumb-rest or lid-flange small. It is inscribed as " The Gift of Mrs. Priscilla Moyle," and was made in 1650-1. This lady, the daughter of Dean Fotherby and widow of Captain Robert Moyle, gave also one of the Church bells now in the tower; her bell is dated 1653. She long survived her husband, and died in 1661, aged 67.* The HALL-MARICS on her Flagon are: (i.) crowned leopard's head: (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) Court-hand capital N, the London date letter for 1650-1. BOUGHTON UNDER BLE.A.N. The Church-Plate of this Parish consists of an old Cup, No. 1, with Paten-Cover (1679-80) ; a new Cup, No. 2 (1862-3) ; an old Flagon (1776) and a new Flagon (1862-3) ; a new Paten (1862-3), a new Alms-dish of brass, and an Alms-dish of pewter (1739). The Rev. W. Maxwell Spooner and Rev. J . .A.. Boodle, successive Vicars, supplied descriptions of them. The three new Yessels were presented in 1870, by Edward N eame, Esq., of Selling Court. The old CUP, No. 1, which is 6{ inches high, has a bowl 3f inches in diameter at its mouth. It is seen in our illustration on the left, between the two :flagons. The stem is thick; and in place of a knop it has a rim of silver. The foot is 8¾ inches in diameter. The cup weighs 10½ ozs. avoirdupois. The HA.LL-MARICS are: (i.) crowned leopard's head; (ii.) D.G., with mullet above and below, in a shaped shield (vice Gilcla .Jl.urifabrorum, p. 124) ; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) b, the London date letter for 1679-80. The P.A.TEN-COVER, 4¾ inches in diameter, has the usual central foot, and weighs 4 ozs. avoirdupois. It is inscribed in script letters, "Bou,r;kton Bleane 1680." The HALL-M.AllKS are: (i.) lion passant; (ii.) b,=1679-80; (iii.) crowned leopard's head. The new CUP, No. 2, is 7 inches high, and slightly jewelled. Presented in 1870 by Edward Neame, Esq. (who resides at Selling Court in the adjacent parish of Selling), it bears these HALL-MARKS: I blame thy goodness ; since 'tis understood Thou diedst so soon because thou wert so good. Say, Heavens, when ye did want a saints supply, Did we not send a royal subsidy P This Moyle more treasureto their glory brings, Than the proud camels of th' Arabian kings. * Epitaph on Mrs. Moyle: "Here rests Priscilla, wife of Robert Moyle, Esquire, of Buckwell,who, living with him 24 �eares, proved marriage to be honourable by her uureproveable honour in that state of life ; and, out-Jiving him 22 years, adorned her widowhood with devotion in the temple like Anna, ,,ith hospitality at home like Martha, and doing good works abroad like Tabitha. Having thus passed her time in the fear of God, she with joy departed to him on the 10th of November 1661, aged 67." COMMUNIO!' (i.) J. B., the maker's mark; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) g, the London date letter for 1862-3; (v.) Head of Queen Victoria. The old FLAGON, 13¼ inches high, is jug-shaped, with a square foot, upon which is -inscribed,"Boughton sub Blean. Gant: I Henrico Heaton Vicario." It is �he central object in our illustration. On the front of the Flagon 1s engraved the sacred monogram en, soleil, and above it, on the neck, " Ma1·ia, filia I Doatissinii Johannis Johnson I n·upei· Viaa1·ii I Deait I A.D. 1776." The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) lion passant; and (ii.) W.G. in script capitals on a shaped punch, probably the mark of William Grundy. Probably this ]flagon was given in memory 0£ the Rev. John Johnson, a celebrated divine, who wrote many well-known treatises. .A native of Frindsbury (where his father was the vicar), he was Vicar of Boughton from 1687 to 1689, when the Vicamge of Hern hill was likewise given to him, and he held both benefices from 1689 to 1697; then he obta�ned the Vicarage of .Appledore and the charge of St. John's, Margate; the latter he relinquished in 1703, but he retained .Appledoreuntil his death, although he resided mainly at Cranbrook, of which place he was vicar from 1707 until he died in 1725. The new FLAGON, given in 1870 by Mr. Edward Neame, of Selling Court, is 10½ inches high, and bears the same IldLL-JIARKSas the new Cup. Like it, this flagon is slightly jewelled. The PATEN, also given by Mr. Neame', has the same HALL M..4.RI(S. It is 6¼ inches in diameter; it is modelled upon the pattern of the ancient Paten at Clyffeat Hoo, and it bears the same inscrip tion," Beneiliaa1nus Patreni et filimn aum spfritu sanato." There is an .ALMS-DISH of pewter, inscribed with the words, "Bourkton Blean 1739," underneath. The new ALMS-DISH of brass, seen at the top of our illustration, is very handsome. It was presented to this church by the Right Reverend Dr. Harvey Goodwin, Bishop of Carlisle, whose daughter is the wife of the Rev. W. Maxwell Spooner (Vica1• from 1875 until 1887). Upon the dish is engraved, in Greek capitals, the second half of Hebrews xiii. 16, TOIAYTAI:S I'AP 0Y:SIArn EYAP E:STEITAI O 0EO:S. BOUGHTON MALHERB (NEXT LENH.A.:rir). The silver-gilt CUP and P.ATEN belonging to the Church at Boughton Malherb are large and handsome. They seem to be of foreign manufacture, probably Dutch. The Rev. .Edward Moore kindly obtained drawings 0£ both, from which our woodcuts are made. The CUP is 10½ inches high; its bowl, which is nearly cylin drical, is 5 inches wide at the mouth, and about as many deep. The width of the foot is 6 inches. The bowl bears the arms of Thomas, second and last Lord Wotton of :Marley: Argent, a cross 296 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. patee, :6.tched at the foot, sable, impaling those 0£ his wi£e Mary, one of four daughters and coheirs of Sir Arthur Throckmorton, of Pauls Perry : Gules, on a chevron a1·qent, three bars gemells sable. This Lord Wotton died in 1630, 'leaving £our daughters, his coheirs. The eldest daughter, Katherine Wotton, married Heury, Lord Stanhope, who died in 1635, and she was createrl Countess of Ohester:6.eldin 1660. The peculiar feature of the engraving upon this cup is that the coronet of the Countess, and the characteristic stiff quill-like mantling of the time of Charles II. surround the arms of that Lord Wotton who died in 1630. It seems evident therefore that the Countess of Chesterfield,airaa 1660-75, dedicated this Cup in memory of her father and mother, whose arms are thereon. Her 1st husband, Henry, Lord Stanhope, eldest surviving son of Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, had died during the lifetime of his father, who lived until 1656. She had by Lord Stanhope one son, Philip, but she afterwards married John Vanden Kerkhoven, and by him had ·another son, Charles Henry Kerkhoven, who was created Lord Wotton, of Boughton Malherb, and Earl of Bellamont. She ultimately married Daniel O'Neal as her third husband. She was buried in Boughton Malherb Church, where a pyramid of black marble commemorates her and two of her husbands, the first and the third. No H.t1.LL-J1I.t1.I1KSof English assay appear upon this cup, but there � is a mark which shews the letters OO. upon a shield slightly shaped at the top. As Lady Chesterfield married a Dutch gen tleman, and resided in his country £or many years, it is very pro bable that this cup was made in Holland. The PATEN, of silver gilt, is handsome, but utterly unlike an English Paten. It is circular, 8 inches in diameter, and its wide rim is adorned with an elaborate wreath of flowers in ,repousse work. The central portion is cylindrical, about 4½ inches in diameter and l½ inch deep. When standing flat on a table the total height is l¾ inch. BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA (NEXT LINTON). The Communion Vessels here are in two sets, one old, and of silver, belonging to the Parish Church, and the other, new, of pewter, £or the Mission Chapel of St. Augustine. The old silver vessels are: a Cup (1696), a Paten-cover (1696), a Flagon (1685-6), a Paten (1696), an Alms-dish (1685-6). The new set, of pewter, consists of a Cup, Paten-cover, Paten, and two cruets 0£ glass with pewter stoppers. The Rev. Walter Scott, vicar of Boughton Monchelsea, when sending drawings and descriJ?tions of the old silver vessels, wrote, "I may mention that the Chahce and Paten belonging to the Church are so exceedingly unsuited to a small number of Communicants that I have always used a private set 0£ my own when an ordinary DOUGHTON MALHERD COMMUNION ~SELS. PROB.A.BLY JUDE IN HOLLAND ABOUT 1665-75. BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA. 297 Sunday or week-day Celebration has taken place; reserving the old plate for the greater Festivals." Mr. Cripps has also examined these old vessels, and supplied me with particulars 0£ them. The CUP, 6f ,inches high, has a capacious straight-sided bowl 4 inches deep, and as wide at the mouth, which is slightly lipped. The rude, conical stem and the foot (3¾ inches in diameter) are together trumpet-shaped. Beneath the foot is engraved the name of the parish, "Bougliton Munclelsey 1696." The HALL-JfARKS near the mouth of the bowl are: (i.) C.T. (in script capitals) in monogram, the bottom of the two letters forming a trefoil point downwards, in a shield scalloped at the top. Mr. Cripps has engraved this mark in the 3rd edition of his Old Englisli Plate, p. 332 (date 1696); (ii.) crowned leopard's head; (iii.) lion passant (which is also on the foot); (iv.) small black-letter t, the London date letter for 1696-7. This cup weighs 8½ ozs. avoirdupois. The PATEN-COVER bears the same II.A.LL-MARKS. It is plain, without inscription, and does not properly fit the top of the cup. Its diameter is 5¼ inches ; it stands l-/1; inch high upon a central foot ; and it weighs 5¼ ozs. avoirdupois. On the base of the foot the lion passant appears alone. The FLAGON is plain, with handle (having whistle hole at base) and splayed foot, but with nearly flat lid and no spout. It is 10¾ inches high, is 4 inches wide inside the mouth, and weighs 2 lbs. 11 ozs. avoirdupois. Beneath the foot, which is 6½ inches in diameter, is engraved 39 : 6, or 3 lbs. 3 ozs. 6 dwts. troy. The HALL-MARKS are repeated on the lid and on the body: (i.) black letter f,, fpr 1685-6; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) crowned leopard's head; (iv.) in an oval stamp I.Y: with a deer between the letters (see Old Englisli Plate, 2nd edition, p. 297, for an engraving of iv.). This mark and the date letter are also stamped under the foot of the flagon. Upon the front of the body is engraved the coat of arms of Thomas Rider, impaling that of his wife Philadelphia, only daughter and heir of Sir Robert Barnham, Baronet, of Boughton Place, surrounded by the peculiar quill-like feathering of the period. 298 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. The Rider coat is azure, three crescents, 2 and 1, or; and the impaled coat of Barnham bears, sable, a cross engrailed between 4 crescents argent. Beneath is this inscription, " Ex dono Tho. Rider .tfrm' et Philadelphi(J} uxoris 1686 I Boughton Munchelsea." This Flagon was presented in the year after Mrs. Rider's father had inherited the baronetcy, which he enjoyed £or more than 40 years; dying in 1728. The PA.TEN, 8¼ inches in diameter, weighs 9£- ozs. avoirdupois. It bears exactly the same HALL-MARKS and inscription as the CuJ?, being made in 1696-7. Upon this paten, however, the maker s mark, OT, is twice stamped. The ALMS-DISH, 13 inches in diameter, has a rim 2 inches wide. It weighs 30� ozs. avoirdupois; and on the back is engraved the original weight, 27 ozs. 18 dwts. troy. The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) the maker's mark in a dotted circle, S. H., the S being inter laced with the first leg of the H, as on a large Flagon at Ken sington Parish Church ( Old English Plate, 3rd edition, sub anno 1684), and as engraved in Chaffers's Gilda Lf.urifabrorum, p. 127, A.D. 1688 ; (ii.) crowned leopard's bead; (iii.. ) lion passant; (iv.) black-letter !)=1685-6. Upon one half of the rim is this inscrip tion: '' Ex dono 'l'ho. Rider .A.r11i' et l?hilailelphi(J} uxoris 1686: I Boughton Munchelsea.'' In the centre of the opposite half of the rim is engraved the armorial shield of Thos. Rider, impaling the arms of his wife Philadelphia Barnham, surrounded by a feather like mantling similar to that on the Flagon, but on a smaller scale. William Rider, son of Thomas and Philadelphia, was born in 1685 or 1686, and this gift to the Church by his parents may have been a thank-offering. BOXLEY. The Church Plate here consists of two Cups ( one made in 1788 and another of unknown date), a Paten (1788), a Flagon (1788), two Alms-dishes (one of 1788, the other of 1844), and a third .Alms-dish of plated ware. The description of them was supplied by the Rev. J. A. Boodle and Rev. F. J. Richards. CUP, No. I., 8¼ inches high, is shaped like a wine-glass. Its funnel-like bowl is 4¾ inches deep, and 4¾ inches wide at the mouth. The foot is 4 inches in diameter. Upon the bowl is engraved the sacred monogram IHS en soleil. Underneath are the words : "l?arisli of Boxley." The silver gilt CUP, No. II., of foreign manufacture circa 1650, is probably Spanish; it was formerly in the collection of Robert Temple Frere, Esq., a well-known connoisseur. After his death, it was presented to Boxley Church, in 1886, in memory of him, by his widow, Mrs. Catherine Frances Frere, who is a sister of the Vicar (Rev. F. J. Richards). This CUP is 7 inches high; its bowl, shaped like a large thistle flower, and adorned with much engraving, is only 2-finches wide at the mouth. The domical foot, 2½ inches high, is £our-lobed. The hexagonal stem has a large embossed knop. BOXLEY CHURCH CUP, No. II. ProooM.v 111adefn Sptrin bd1ctt1JA ..D. 1650 and 1750; hut pruenfed to Bo.rkg Char"li in 1886, ~.ti lino. FBERE, in mtm0ry of lier li1nl,m1d UonERT TEllPLE FllERE, Esq. BOXLEY. 299 The PATEN, 7 inches in diameter, stands 1½ inch high, upon a central foot. In the centre is engraved the sacred monogram en. soleil. Beneath are the words: "Parisli of Boxley." The H.t1.LT, M.t1.RKSare: (i.) n, the London date letter £or 1788-9; (ii.) head of George III.; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) crowned leopard's head; (v.) I. H. in oblong stamp: probably the mark of John Harris of Monkwell Street. The FLAGON, 13 inches high, is 3¾ inches wide at the mouth. The domed lid is 2 inches high ; the splayed foot 7 ¼ inches wide. The HALL-MARKS are those £or 1788-9, as on the Paten. There are five on the body, and four of them are repeated on the lid. Engraved upon the front of the body is the sacred monogram IRS en soleil. The words " Parish of Boxley " are on the bottom . . The larger of the silver ALMS-DISHES is 9f inches in diameter. Its H.t1.LL-M.t1.11Ks are: (i.) n, the date letter £or 1'788-9; (ii.) head of George III.; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) crowned leopard's head; (v:.) {,-� with a fl.eur-de-lis over all. The la�t mark (v) is that of John Wakelin and William Taylor, goldsmiths, who from 1776 to 1'792 bad the well-known house in Panton Street, now familiar to us as Garrards. In the centre of this alms-dish is the sacred monogram, e1i soleil. Underneath are these words: "Tlie Gift of Jolin G1·ijfitli, D.D., Vicar"; and also "Boxle.1/ Olim·cli." Dr. Griffith,who became a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1814, was senior chaplain to Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst, who made him a Canon residentiary of Rochester in 1827. He was for a year Vicar of Aylesford, but in 1832 he became Vicar of Boxley. He resigned the living of Boxley in 1853, and his Canonry in 18'72, but he lived until May 29, 1879. By the munificence o.f Canon Griffith and his wife a new church was built in Strood at their cost, and was dedicated to St. Mary; it was consecrated in or about 1869. The lesser silver ALMS-DISH, 8 inches in diameter, has upon it a cross of four equal limbs with trefoiled ends. The H.t1.LTr"M.t1.RKs are: (i.) capital black-letter H, the London date letter £or 1848-4; J.E. (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) in quatrefoiled stamp, B. the mark of J.W., Messrs. Barnard, of Angel Street; (iv.) leopard'1:1 head; (v.) head of Queen Victoria. Beneath the dish are these words : " Boxley Oliurcli; an qjfering from tlie Rev. James 01·a�qie Robertson, l4tli July, 1844." This alms-dish is a pleasing memorial of the £act that the celebrated Church Historian, Canon J. C. Robertson, was for a time Dr. Griffi.th's curate at Boxley. In the previous year, 1848, Mr. Robertson had published a treatise that insured him a wide reputation: " How shall we conform to tlie Liturgy." Thi1:1 book, published at half-a-guinea, had a large sale. Probably the alms dish, given in 1844, was a thank-offering £or the unexpected extent of that book's success, and £or the birth of Mr. Robertson's eldest son, born on the 18th o.f June 1844. In 1846 Mr. Robertson was promoted to the Vicarage 0£ Bekesbourne. While at Bekesboume 300 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. he published his mstory of tl,e OT.ristian Oliwrcli. In 1859 he became a. Canon residentia.ry of Omterbury. Five yea;rs,later he was elected Professor of F.cclesiastica.l History in King's College, London. He ilied a.t Canterbury, universaJly regretted, in 1882, aged 69. The Ar,Ms-D1sx,of plated ware, is 8½ inches in iliameter. The Rev. F. J. Riclia.rds states that in a. MS. book, containing information respecting Boxley, which hns been handed down from vicar to vicar, there is this note respecting Thomas Spratt, Arch deacon of Rochester, who wa.s vicar of Boxley from 1'100 until bis death on the 2nd of Ma.y 1'720: "The great gilt Cup was hIS gift, 1'7ID,·to ,yeChurch of Boxle;y." This gilt cup ha.d disappeared long before 1832, when Dr. Griffith became vicar of Boxler,. I would venture to suggest that in 1'788-9 this "great gilt Cup ' was given in exchange for the existing Cup, Flagon, and Pa.ten. These three a.IIseem to have been procured a.t the same time. BRABOURNE. The Communion V easels of this parish consist of a.n Eliza bethan Cup (1562--3), a. modern Pa.ten (1836-'7), and a. Flagon of plated wa.re. They were described by the Rev. G. B. Perry Ascough, and a.proof slip wa.ssubmitted to the Rev. I. T. Pearse. , .1 ...... The CUP, '7t inches high, ha.a an elongated bowl somewhat ha.I.£ egg-shaped, which is St inches wide a.t its mouth. Around iis centre runs a. belt of engraving which varies the usual Eliza,. bethan pattern very effectively. The cusfoma.rywood-bine foliage runs between two filleis filled with chasing, like a.series of con joined letters v. In two places, on opposite sides· of the bow~ the upper fillet breaks its course and descends, in the shape of three pa.rill of a.n 8, past and below the level of the lower fillet; ihen it returns to its originaJ upper level The lower fillet is stopped in its course by the base of tlie 8 a.nd disappears entirely, but on the other side of the 8 it resumes its course again. Mid way between two of these figures of 8 each fillet makes a. short inward convex curve towards the opposite fillet. The stem, shaped like a. ilice-box, has three round mouldings encircling ilia middle, BRA.:BOURNE-:BRA.STED. 301 to serve as a knop. The reeded moulding appears above and below, between the stem and the bowl, and between the stem and the foot. The foot, 3¾ inches in diameter, has one belt 0£ engraving, with foliage between :fillets which are three times intertwined, and thrice also curve towards each other, without meeting . .A.n inscription engraved in modern times appears underneath: "St. Marv's Oliurcli, Brabourne." The weight of the Cup is 7 ozs. avoirdupois. The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) 1-(, the maker's mark; (ii.) crowned leopard's head; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) t, the London date letter for 1562-3. The PATEN, 8 inches in diameter, weighs 5 ozs. avoirdupois. Round the inside 0£ the rim are these words engraved: " �tt m�r&ttrfttm Stmctt :lhttntttatf.onfr& �ttt lfbtta nor& :ill.omfttt.'' In the centre is engraved the head of our Lord Jesus Christ, en soleil. Beneath the Paten are the words," St. Marv's Olturcl,,,Brabourne." The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) lion passant; (ii.) head of Queen Victoria; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) 1'-, the London date letter £or 1845-6; JE (v.) the mark of Messrs. Barnard, B and their number £or this JW Paten "991." The modern FLAGON is not of silver. It is electro-plated, and being of good size weighs 40 ozs. BRASTED. The Sacred Vessels 0£ this parish are an Elizabethan Cup (1565-6) with an old Paten Cover, and a modern Cup (1844-5) with its Paten; an old Paten, and a Flagon of the reign of George III. The Rev. J. A. Boodle examined these vessels for me. The Elizabethan OUP, 6¾ inches high, has a very capacious bowl, 4½ inches deep and 4¼ inches wide at the mouth. Around the bowl near the middle, but a little above it, is one engraved belt of foliage between :fillets which interlace twice or thrice. The stem is of dice-box shape, with round mouldings in place of a knop. The foot, 4 inches in diameter, has one engraved belt of hyphens or ,r;oi�ttes de sang in £our rows, bet"'.een .fillets that are occasionally interlaced. The HALL-MARKS are: (1.) 1',, the London date letter £or 1565-6 ; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head crowned; (iv.) an animal's head to sinister between the letters I. 0. in oblong stamp. This maker's mark occm•s upon other Elizabethan cups in Kent, at Hawkinge,Hoo St. Mary_, Milstead, and Temple Ewell. The old PATEN-COVER fits the Elizabethan Oup exactly, but the only MARKS upon it are three repetitions 0£ the initials H. T crowned, or surmounted by something like a crown. Upon this Paten-cover is engraved a belt of foliage without the border of shaded fillets. In punctured letters (0£ the time of James I.) are the initials j � of former owners. The modern CUP is very large. It stands 9 inches high; and 302 CHURCH PLA.TE IN KENT, has a hemispherical bowl, 5¾ inches in diameter, inscribed " <1alix btttd1ictiottir& tttibttttbfoimttr& nomtt rommttttitatio r&angttittir& <1brir&tf tr&t (1Cor. x. 16)." The shape of the stem and foot follows med.ireval patterns. On the stern there is a large knop. The H.ALL-M.tl.RKSare the London date letter £or 1844-5, 31; the mark 0£ John Keith, I.J.K.in an oblong stamp; with the lion passant, leopa.rd's head uncrowned, and the head of Queen Victoria. The modern PATEN, £or this Cup, is 7½ inches in diameter, and bears in its centre the sacred monogram ibt. .A.round is this inscription, "�attir& l}tttm frattgfmttr&, nomte tommttttio tor::: :porir& <1brir&tt tr&t? (1 Cor. x. 16)." The old PA.TEN, 7¼ inches in diameter, has a central foot, and stands 2inches high. It is of old hammered silver, but the HALL MARKS are nearly obliterated. On it is engraved the name of the church, "$t. ;fMartitt'r&, 3Srar&teb." The FLAGON, 9½ inches high to its mouth, and 10½ to the top of its domed lid, is 4inches wide at the mouth. It is inscribed, "$t. ;fMartitt'r&, 3Srar&teb." The H.t1.LL-M.t1.Rxs are : ': ;� lion passant; leopard's head; date letter S, £or 1813 r 1793; and the head of George III. BREDG.A.R. The Communion Vessels here are a Cup (1766-7), a dish used as Paten (1631-2), a Flagon (1766-7), and an Alms-plate (1773-4). Since Part I. was printed I have myself examined these vessels, and have discovered errors in their description. The CUP, 7½ inches high, has a bell-shaped and capacious bowl. The stem is nearly cylindrical, and in its centre are three small round mouldings to serve as a knop. Upon the bowl is engraved the sacred monogram I H S, with cross and nails, en soleil. There is also this inscription, "RoBER'.CUS ELWICK .A..B.I VIC.A.R DE BREDG.A.R I oBT 20 ° M.A.IJ 1722 1ET5 su.lB 52°." This gentleman married Mary, daughter of William .A.ldersey, Esq., of Swanton Court in Bredgar, by his wife Frances Fanshaw of Hartlip. Mr. Elwick was Vicar of Bredgar from 1699 until 1722. His heirs were two daughters, Anne, who married Caleb Jemmett of Maid stone, and ...., who married ....Giles. Some of his descendants are named in a pedigree on p. 42of A.rolu:eolo,9ia Oantiana, XVII. This Cup weighs 12ozs. avoirdupois. Its HALL-MARKSare: (i.) in script capitals I. P., in a shaped escutcheon, the mark of John Payne of Cheapsirle; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) crowned leopard's head; (iv.) black-letter capital if.,, the London date letter £or 1766-7. The inscription shews that the Communion Vessels bear ing his name (the Cup and Flagon ) were presented to the church after Mr.Elwick's death, and in memory of him. It is, however, very singular that so long an interval as forty-four years should have elapsed between his death and their dedication to God's service in commemoration of him. BREDGAR. 303 The FLAGON, 11 inches high, with domed lid, has a cylin drical body 8¾ inches wide at the mouth, and no spout. The splayed foot is 6¾ foches in diameter; it is moulded at the edge, has a moulding where the broad splay begins, and e,nother moulding above, where the body terminates. The well-curved handle is large and handsome, the thumbpiece is a large open loop. Upon the front of the cylindrical body are the sacred monogram and inscrip tion similar to those on the Cup, "RoBERTUS ELWICK A.B. I Vrc.A.R DE BnEDG.A.R I 0B' 20° MAIJ 1722 1ET" su.lE 52°." The HALL-MARKS of London £or 1766-7 appear on the body or drum near its mouth, and on the inside of the lid, similar to those on the Cup. The weight is 2 lbs. 6¼ ozs. avoirdupois. The .ALMS-PLATE, a small plain silver plate, 6 inches in diameter, bears these London H.ALL-MAYKS: (i.) black-letter capital $, the date letter £or 1773-4; (ii.) crowned leopard's head; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) F.O. in Roman capitals, the mark of Francis Crump, of Gutter Lane. The PATEN, a shallow repousse dish, embossed all over, and more fitted £or use as an alms-dish, is St inches in diameter, and weighs Sf ozs. avoirdupois. It has two handles, shaped like escallop shells. Its upper edge has sixteen convex lobes ; each of the eight compartments being two-lobed. In the centre is a shield, foscribed Br:J:_fll._te. It bears £our HALL-MARKS, which had escaped the notice of my friend Mr. George Payne, F.S,A., who described it £or my 304 CHURCH PLA.TE IN KENT, Chronological List 0£ Old Plate. I have since inspected it, and find the marks to be those 0£ the year 1681-2: (i.) -:, in a shaped shield, as on the Bicknor Alms-dish and the Lewisham Flagons ; (ii.) crowned leopard's head; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) italic small o, = 1631-2. The name 0£ the maker we cannot ascertain, but he made a similar dish in 1630, which is now at Chalton Church, Rants, as well as the dish at Bicknor (1632-8), and the :flagons at Lewisham (1646). The form and character 0£ these repousse trays or dishes is peculiar. That which was given by Aldermen Weten hall to St. Andrew's Church in Canterbury is about the same weight, but a trifle larger, and probably twenty or thirty years older. This dish was presented to Bredgar Church by Mrs. Margaret Aldersey 0£ Swanton Court, who gave a similar, but smaller, dish to the church at Bicknor. This lady's great-granddaughter, Mary Aldersey, was the wi£e 0£ the Rev. Robert Elwick, in whose memory the Flagon and Cup were dedicated to God's service in this church. BREDHURST . The Communion Vessels here were renewed in 1867, as the Rev. John Durst informs me. They now consist 0£ a Cup and Paten 0£ silver gilt, with a glass Flagon that is mounted in silver. The old Vessels were sold in 1867 £or £1 13s. 6d., and the existing new Vessels, 0£ much beauty and value, were then pre sented to the church by Miss Newton, through the Rev. H. C. Day. The silver gilt Op-P, 6¾ inches high, is modelled upon a medi eval pattern. Its pentagonal foot, 5½ inches in diameter, has its edge formed into five convex lobes, on each 0£ which is a ruby set within a crescent 0£ nine pearls. The pentagonal stem has its knop adorned, on its five £aces, with gilt stars of six points, jewelled with diamonds and lapis-lazuli. The hemispherical bowl is 4½ inches in diameter. The total weight is 15½ ozs. The silver gilt PAT.EN, 6f inches in diameter, weighs 5-½ ozs. The glass FLA.GON, 10 inches high, has its bowl 5 inches in diameter at the widest part, and its foot 4 inches wide. Its mount ings are 0£ silver gilt. The glass and silver together weigh 2¼ lbs. BRENCHLEY. The Sacred V easels 0£ this church are two Cups (circa 1629), a Flagon (1775-6), and two silver Plates, £or Patens (1'775-6). The Rev. J. A. Boodle described them, and I have since examined them. The CUPS are exactly alike, 11½ inches high, with bell-shaped bowls 5 inches deep and 4-h inches wide at the mouth; the sacred monogram, en soleil, is engraved upon each. The baluster stems are long and slender ; and each plain foot is only 4¾ inches in diameter. The H.tl.LL-MA.RKS are very indistinct upon both, and are l3RENZETT-l3RIDGE. 305 dissimilar. On one Cup we see (i.) and (iii.) I.B., with a fleur-de lis between the lett�rs; and (ii.), (iv.) three black-letter characters, of which the first is illegible, the second and third are ta', with a mark 0£ contraction over the a'. On the other Cup is the old York assay mark, and a date letter like that £or 1629. These Cups were obtained several years ago, during the present Vicar's incum bency, in exchange £or one old Cup. The FLAGON, 13 inches high, has a domed lid (2½ inches high). Upon the cylindrical body (9 inches deep, and 4 wide at the mouth) is engraved the sacred monogram en soZeil. The splayed foot, with a gadrooned edge, is 7 inches in diameter. Upon the lid, and on the base, are these HALL-MAllKS: C.W.; lion passant; crowned leopard's head; and a black-letter capital ffl,, the date letter £or 1775-6. This Flagon was probably made by Charles Wright 0£ Ave Maria Lane in 1775-6. The two silver plates, or P.A.TENS, with narrow gadrooned edges, are 9¼ inches in diameter. Tl1ey bear the sacred monogram en soleiZ engraved upon the centre, which is bossed up to a convex form, and they have the same HALL-M.A.BKSas the Flagon. Probably these plates were also made by Charles Wright. BRENZETT. This Church possesses an old Cup with Paten-cover, made 0£ new Sterling silver in 1715; and in gilt-plated ware there is a modern Flagon and a Paten. The Rev. Wm. Lillie sent descrip tions 0£ these vessels. The CUP, 6½ inches high, bas a bowl 3½ inches wide at the mouth; on the bowl is engraved "OaUx JJomini. Bren�ett 1715." The EALL-MARKSare (i.) maker's mark not clear enough to decipher; (ii.) lion's head erased; (iii.) Britannia; (iv.) Court-band capital V, the London date letter £or 1715-6. The Cup has been examined by Mr. Cripps, who did not interpret the maker's mark. The PATEN-COVER is 4 inches in diameter, and bears the same H.ll,L-MARKS as the Cup. When this Cup and Cover were obtained, in 1715, the Rev. John Bunce was Rector here (he held this benefice from 1707 to 1737). Eleven years later the Rectory 0£ Newington by Hythe was also conferred upon him, and he held both livings from 1726 to 1737, when he was preferred to the Rectory 0£ Ching£ord in Essex. He died in July 1741. The gilt Plated Flagon, 9 inches high, is o:E the modern pear shape. Its foot is 4 inches in diameter; and its mouth 2½ inches. Beneath is trade mark 0£ M H & 0° and the figures ¾. The gilt Plated Paten is 7 inches in diameter. BRIDGE. The Church Plate here was all made in 1850-1, and seems to have been presented by Mrs. Gregory, when she generously rebuilt the Church, in 1859. It consists 0£ a Cup, Paten, Flagon, and two VOL, xvrr. :x: 306 OHURCH PLATE IN KENT. Alms-plates. .All 0£ them bear the sacred monogram IHS, with cross and nails, en soleil, and also these words, " FOR THE LOVE OJJI GOD." The Churchwarden, Mr. Robinson, kindly took the measurements and impressions of marks, whence the fol lowing description is obtained. The CUP, 8 inches high, bas a bowl 3½ inches in diameter. Its HALL-MARKS are (i.) crowned initials, one being R; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head without crown; (iv.) :lfj, the London date letter for 1850-1; (v.) Queen Victoria's head to dexter. Inscription and monogram as above. The PATEN, 6¾ inches in diameter, stands 1½ inch high, upon a central foot. Monogram, foscription, and HALL-MARKS as above. The FLAGON, 12 inches high, has its mouth 3½ inches wide. Inscribed and engraved as above, and bearing the same B.ALL-M.AIIKS. Two ALMS-PLATES, 9½ inches in diameter, bear each 0£ them the same HALL-MARKS, monogram, and inscription. BRO.A.DST.A.IRS. The Communion Vessels of this Church are a Cup with silver bowl (1865-6), two Patens (one 1862-3, the other 1870-1), a Flagon (1868-9), a Spoon, a brass Alms-dish, and four plated Alms plates, a plated Flagon, and two glass Cruets with plated handles and stoppers. The CUP, 8¾ inches high, is handsome, and modelled upon a good medieval pattern; but the stem and foot are of gilt plated metal, while the hemispherical bowl (3 inches deep and 4 inches wide at the mouth) is of plain white silver. The foot, 6 inches in diameter, is hexagonal; its edge has six convex lobes, and between each pair of them appears a small angular projection. On one side of the foot is this inscription, "E:v dono I E. A. 0. I in die I Pente costes I MDCCCLXIX." On the opposite side of the foot an ornu.mental cross is engraved. The stem is hexagonal and has a knop 2¾ inches in diameter; on its six £aces appear ffJ t and a cross alternately. The HALL-MARKS o.n the bowl are (i.) W.W. W.; (ii.) lion passaut; (iii.) leopard's head without crown; (iv.) small black. letter ft, the London date letter :for 1865-6; (v.) head: 0£ Queen Victoria. The silver gilt PATEN, No ],:' i� 4¼ inches in diameter. It is inscribed, "+ In memoriam D. D. I Eliza Ravenshaw I 1867 I Deo et Sac ris." The HALL-MARKS are (i.) J H & C0; (ii.) head 0£ Queen Victoria; (iii.) lion passa'.nt; (iv.) an anchor, the Bir mingham assay mu.rk; (v.) �, the 'Birmingham date letter :for 1862-3. PA.TEN, No. II., silver gilt, is 5½ inches in diameter, and upon its back is this inscription, "Ex dono I .d.. C. Pond j 1870." The E.ALL-MARE:S are (i.) G. A.., in a two-lobed stamp; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head not crowned; (iv.) head 0£ Queen Victoria; (v.) black-letter small p, the London date letter for 1870-1. The FLAGON is pear shaped, with small spout, small lid with '.BROCKLEY. knob on top, and a handle. It stands 11½ inches high ; its widest diameter is 5 inches ; the hexagonal £oot is 5 inches in. diameter ; the mouth is 3 inches wide. The handle, flat at the top, is not curved, but descends in a straight line 5-g- inches long, at an acute angle, to its point 0£ junction with the body. .A.round the body is engraved a belt formed of roundels with 10 pellets indented. :Beneath the foot is scratched the weight 28.10. This Flagon was made by George Lambert 0£ 12 Coventry Street, whose name and address appear upon the base together with these HALL-MARKS: (i.)· lion passant; (ii.) leopard's head; (iii.) head 0£ Queen 'Victoria; (iv.) black-letter small lt, the London date letter £or 1868-9 ; (v.) monogram 0£ G.L. in the centre, the other £our marks forming a chcle around it. The SPOON is 6¼ inches long, and has its handle moulded like a twisted cord; there are vine leaves on the bowl. It is inscribed, '' In Memoriani Harriet Taylor; at 9•est Harok 10, 1869." One Brass Alms-dish, 12 inches in diameter, bears the same inscription in memory of Harriet Taylor, above and below the sacred monogram ; and it has also this text, " He that ,r;ivetk to tlte Poor len.deth to tlie Lo1·d." The £our collecting plates of Plated metal are each 14 inches in diameter. The Plated Flagon, 10½ inches high, is no longer in use. The two glass Cruets are 8 inches high. A plated Lavabo is 6 inches in diameter and ¾ of an inch deep. .A. second Brass Alms-dish is slightly engraved. BROCKLEY HILL (LEWISII.A.M). The Church of St. Saviour, Brackley Hill, was originally a Chapel of Ease in the parish of Lewisham. It was consecrated in May 1866. The Communion 'Vessels are 3 Cups, 2 Patens, and a Flagon. Of them descriptions were supplied by the Rev. Edmund Alfred Wesley, M.A., Curate. CuP, No. I., 8½ inches high, has a bell-shaped bowl (gilt inside) 3¾ inches wide at the mouth, and slightly lipped. Engraved upon it is the sacred monogram, with cross and nails, en soleil. The foot and stem are circular with plain mouldings. Weight 10 ounces troy. Presented to the Church in 1866. CUP, No. II., is 0£ the same dimensions and nearly identical with No. I., in every particular, but its weight is 9 ozs. 15 dwts. Presented to the Church in 1866. CUP, No. III., does not belong to the same set as the others. It was made in 1882, and is smaller than they are. Its bowl (gilt inside) is hemispherical; its foot and stem are hexagonal, the edge o:f the foot being lobed convexly. It bas an hexagonal knop on the stem. The weight 0£ this cup is 7 ozs. 15 dwts. The two PA.TENS are engraved with the sacred monogram en soleil; they have. no feet, but are shaped like plates with de pressed centres. Each weighs 8 ozs. troy. The Silver FLAGON, 15 inches high, wei�hs 24 ozs. 10 dwts. x2 308 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT, It has a talldomed lid, with small cross on its summit. There is a spout, and an S curved handle. The cylindrical body is 3¼ inches in diameter and '7! inches deep ; the splayed foot is 5! inches wide at bottom. Inscribed upon the body are these words, " This Com munion Service (one flagon, two chalices, and two patens) was presented by the Church Building Committee," and also, " St. Saviour's Church, Broakley Hill, Consecrated 8th May 1866." BROMLEY. The Communion Vessels of Bromley Church are two Cups with their covers (1'791 and 180'7); two Patens (1'796 and 1801); a Flagon (181'7), a Spoon, or strainer, all of silver, and an .Alms-dish of brass, gilt. The Rev. A.. G. Hellicar has furnished descriptions of them all. The silver gilt CUP, No. I., with its P .ATEN-COVER upon it, stands 10¾ inches high. Its bowl is 3f inches in diameter, and bears this inscription, " Eaalesi6, de Bromley ( Corn" Cantii) furibzts spoliata, hoe poaulum Ccence Salvatoris nostri aelebratione utendum donavit Georgius Norman, ejusdem Paroahice Generosus, Junii mense .A..D. MDccx.or." The foot is 3-�- inches wide; the Cup and Cover together weigh 1 lb. 6f ozs. The HA.LL-XA.RKS are: (i.) lion passant; (ii.) crowned leopard's head; (iii.) q, the London date letter £or 1791-2; (iv.) head of George III.; (v.) maker's mark not legible. The occasion £or the gift of this Cup is narrated on the fly-lea£ of a Parish Register, and printed in Arahceologia Can tiana, XIII., 164, as follows: "On the night of the 13th 0£ .April l '791, the vestry room door was broken open, and the chest of deal in which the plate was kept was robbed of the following articles: 1 large flaggon, with lid :fixt, 1 quart Chalice, 1 rich chased Chalice and loose cover, with a straining spoon, 1 large paten, and 1 small paten. The above were all gilt." The donor, George Norman, Esq., of Bromley Common, was the father of George Warde Norman, Esq., who for many years was one of the Council of the Kent .A.rchreological Society. The silver gilt CUP, No. II., with its PA.TEN-COVER, to gether stand 11 inches high. The bowl, 4 inches in diameter, is inscribed, "Bromley, Kent, 1807. I Henry Smitli, JJ.JJ. Minister I Robert Smith senr I Christopher Fisher, Churchwardens." The diameter of the foot of this Cup is 3½ inches. The total weight of Cup and Cover together is 1 lb. 10¾ ozs. The H.tl.LL-MA.RKS are : (i.) f.J3; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) crowned leopard's head; (iv.), L, the London date letter £or 1806-'7; (v.) head of George III. Upon the P .ATEN-COVER is engraved the sacred monogram IRS, with cross and nails, all en soleil. Silver Gilt PA.TEN, No. I., 9-} inches in diameter, weighs 13¼ ozs. It is engraved, like Paten-cover, No. II., with the sacred monogram en soleil, and has also these words, " The, (fij't of Robert Makepeaae for tlie use of the Communion Table in Bromley Cliurah BROMLEY. 309 1803." The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) RS, £or Robert Sharp, in oblong stamp; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) crowned leopard's head; (iv.) A, the London date letter for 1796-7; (v.) head of George III. Silver Gilt PATEN, No. II., 9¾ inches in diameter, weighs 16 ozs. It bears the sacred monogram and the inscription similar to those on Paten No. I. Its HALL-MARKS are also similar except in the date letter, which is F, for 1801-2. The silver FLAGON, gilt inside, stands 12 inches high, and weighs 3 lbs. 11¼ ozs. Its cylindrical body is 4! inches in diameter ; its splayed £oot is 7 inches wide. Its Hd.LL-MARKS are: on the body (i.) lion passant; (ii.) crowned leopa,rd's head; (iii.) b, the London date letter for 1817-8; (iv.). heaa of George III. Marks (i.) and (iii.) occur also inside the lid. This Flagon is inscribed, "James Edward Newell M.A.. ave tliis Flagon to tlie Church of 11 fi Bromley, March 10 • 1854." The Rev. J.E. Newell was Incum bent of Bromley from 1827 until 1865. The silver gilt SPOON, or strainer, is Sf inches long, and weighs 2½ ozs. It is inscribed, "Bromley Parish." The HALL MARKS are illegible. The gilt brass ALMS·DISJI, 15-f inches in diameter, weighs 2 lbs.5½ ozs.; it bears this inscription, " Presented to the Parish Church ofBromley, Kent, by Evelyn .Ll.rthur, Mabel Katrine, and Sydenham Malthus Hellicar, May 1873;" and also this text, "It is more blessed to give tha1� to receive." The donors of this dish are the children of the Vicar, the Rev.Arthur Gresley Hellicar (who succeeded Mr. Newell, here, in 1865 ). BROMLEY COLLEGE. This College was founded, in 1666, by Dr.Warner, Bishop of Rochester, for widows of clergymen. The Communion Vessels belonging to its chapel are a Cup, Paten, Flagon, and Alms-dish, all of silver, but of small size. The Rev. J. H.Worsley and the Rev. W. 0. Peile, successive Chaplains, supplied the following particulars. The CUP, 7½ inches high, is 3½ inches wide at the mouth. It is inscribed, "The Gift 0£ Anne Oare A.D.1784." Its HALL-MARKS are those of London for the year 1784-5. The donor, Mrs.Oare, resided in this College nearly thirty years, from July 1759 until April 1787. She was the widow of the Rev. John Oare, who was Rector of Ditton from 1750 until his death in 1757. He was also Rector of .Allington. Hasted erroneously states that he died in 1773. The PATEN, 5½ inches in diameter, bears the sacred monogram I H S, en soleil, and this inscription, " The Gift of Mrs Anne Fawkes late of this College 1797." Upon it are the Goldsmiths' Hall MARKS £or 1797-8. Mrs. Fawkes was the widow of the Rev. Francis Fawkes, Vicar of Orpington with the chapelries of' St. Mary Cray and Knockholt from 1755 to 1774; and Rector of 310 CHURCH PLA.TE IN KENT. Hayes with Downe and Knockholt chapelries from 1'774to 17'7'7. Mrs. Fawkes died in 1797. The FLAGON, 10½ inches high, is 3 inches wide at the mouth. Its splayed foot is 4½ inches in diameter. It bears the London HA.LL MARKS for 1857-8. The ALMS-DISH, n inches in diameter, is inscribed, "Phis l?latewas given to Bromley College, as a small Testimonial of Gra tituile for many comforts long enjoyeiJ in it, by an old, Inhabitant 1797." Its London H.tiLL-MARKSare those £or 1797-8. BROMLEY COMMON. Holy Trinity Church, Bromley Common, was built in 1841. Its Communion Vessels are · two Cups (1840-1), two Patens (1840-1), a gilt Spoon, and a Plated Flagon. These were described by the Rev. F. W. Haines, Vicar of Holy Trinity. The two CUPS, made by Green and Ward in 1840-1, are 8 inches high, and 4 inches wide at the mouth. Their JIALL-MARKS include black-letter capital 1-S, the London date letter £or 1840-1. The two PATENS, 7 inches in diameter, were likewise made in 1840-1 by Green and Ward. They bear the London HALL-MARKS £or 1840-1. The SPOON is silver gilt. The FLAGON is only plated with silver. BROMPTON (HOLY TRINITY), This parish has been carved out of the old parish of Gillingham. The church, containing seats £or 1000 persons, was built in 1848, at the expense of the Rev. Wm. Conway and his sister. The Com munion Vessels 0£ the church are two Cups, a Paten, and a Flagon, all of silver, made in London, in 1848, by Benjamin Smith. They were presented by the Rev. Wm. Conway, afterwards Canon 0£ Westminster, Vicar of St. Nicholas, Rochester. Mr. Thomas Catchpool, Churchwarden 0£ Holy Trinity, Brompton, supplied the following information. The two CUPS, although alike to the eye, are not 0£ the same weight; one being 17 ozs. 9 dwts., while the other is only 16 ozs. 15 dwts. 3 grains. Both bear the sacred monogram I H S, with cross and nails, en soleil; and these HALL-MARKS: (i.) B.S., the initials 0£ the maker, Benjamin Smith; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head not crowned; (iv.) black-letter capital ill,= 1848-9; (v.) head 0£ Queen Victoria. The PATEN weighs 14 ozs. 19 dwts. 8 grains; it bears the sacred monogram and the same HALL-MARJ(Sas the Cups. The FLAGON weighs 30 ozs. 14 dwts., and has the sacred monogram and HALL-MARKS0£ 1848-9, like the other piecei:i. A second PA!.l'EN, small and well gilt, weighs 3 ozs. 15 dwts. 5 grs., and has no HALL-MARKS of any kind. Upon the back is engraved a small cross of four equal limbs, each with a tre£oiled BROMPTON-BROOK, 311 end; upon the central portion is laid an open circle, and the whole cross is surrounded by a second circle. There are also two ALMS-DISHES 0£ copper, plated with silver. NEW BROMPTON (ST. MARK). The Church Plate presented in 1866 by the firstVicar 0£ the parish, the Rev. A. Willis, D.D., now Bishop 0£ Honolulu, and certain members of his family, consists of one Cup, one Flagon, two Patens, and one Spoon, all solid silver, made in 1861-2. The Rev. Richard Morris, Vicar 0£ St. Mark's, supplied the following description. The FLAGON weighs 2lf ozs. avoirdupois; it is 12 inches high, and 14 inches largest circumference, and round the circumference are the words, " Glory be to God on high." HALL-M.tlllKS: lion passant, leopard's head, black-letter £=1861-2, Queen's head, and the maker's initials J. K. The CUP weighs 17¼ ozs. avoirdupois, and is 7¾ inches high, 5 inches in diameter at foot, and 4 at the bowl's mouth. On the bowl are inscribed the words, "I will receive the Cup 0£ Salvation, and call upon the name 0£ the Lord." On the foot is the sacred monogram II-IC. The stem and knop are enriched with tracery and cnasings. HALL-litARKS as above. PATEN (No. I.) weighs 4½ ozs. avoirdupois, and is 6-�· inches in diameter. It has the sacred monogram IHC. in the centre, and round the rim are inscribed the words, "By Thy Cross and Passion, good Lord, deliver us." HALL-ltfARKSfor 1861-2. PATEN (No. II.) weighs 5 ozs. avoirdupois; it is 6½ inches in diameter, with ornamental centre. HALL-MARKS same as above. On each of the four pieces of plate is written the maker's name and address: "J. Keith, Westmorland Place, City Road, London." The SPOON weighs 1 oz., is enriched with chasings, and has same HALL-MARKS, BROOK. The Church Plate here consists 0£ a Cup (1715) and a Paten (1788) 0£ silver, with a Pewter Alms-plate. The Rev. John PhilRott supplied me with particulars respecting them. 'Ihe CUP, 6¾ inches high, has a bell-shaped bowl 4 inches wide at the mouth. There are mouldings in the middle of the stem, to serve as a lmop. The foot is 8½ inches wide. Around the bowl are these words, "B1·oolce June 2d 1715." The Cup weighs 10 ozs. avoirdupois. There are £our HALL-ltfARKS. The PATEN, 5¼ inches in diameter, weighs 7i} ozs. avoirdupois. It is inscribed, "B1·oolc Oliurak in Kent 1733." There are four EALL,M.tlllKS. Upon the Pewter Plate is this stamp, MA.DE IN I LONDON. 312 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT, BROOKLAND. There are in this Church a Cup (1689) with Paten-cover; a Paten (1719-20) and Flagon (1725-6), all of silver; and an Alms plate of brass. The CUP, 8 inches Mgh, has a plain bowl 4� inches deep and 4½ inches wide at the mouth. The short stem has at its middle a large round moulding to serve as knop. The foot is only 3-! inches wide. Beneath it is the lion passant H.tl..LL-MARK• On the bowl near its mouth are (i.) a rare maker's mark, found on plate of 1690 at Preston, co. Gloucester, viz., a Crowned K in ordinary shield, a pellet on each side of the K; (ii.) crowned leopard's head; (iii.) lion passant; and (iv.) small black-letter m, the London date letter £or 1689-90. The PATEN-COVER, 4ftinches wide and ½ inch high, seems to be of earlier date than the Cup, and may possibly be Elizabethan, but it has no H.tl..LL-M.tl..RKS. Its button or foot is gone, if it ever had one, which is doubtful. In the centre, where the button would be, is the sacred monogram, simply I H S with a mark of contrac tion over the H, framedin foliage. Around is an engraved belt of Elizabethan character, formed of hyphens, or gouttes ile sang, between narrow :filletswhich three times are interlaced, but in such a way that each filletreturns to its own original level, and does not cross over to that of the other. The PATEN, 6¼ inches in diameter, stands 2¼ inches high, upon a hollow central foot 2-} inches wide. It is inscribed, " The G- ft of Tho. Johnson, Vicar ofI Broolclanil, for the se1·uiae of the I Okurcli 1726." The H.tl..LL-M.tl..RKS are (i.) 0 L in two-lobed escutcheon, the mark of Jos. Clare of Wood Street, London; (ii.) Britannia; (iii.) lion's head erased; (iv.) D, the London date letter £or 1719-20. Beneath the foot the Britannia mark appears again. The FLAGON, 11¼ inches high, has its body St inches deep and 3¼ inches wide at the mouth; the splayed foot is 7¼ inches in diameter. The domed lid is 2 inches high. Around the foot is this inscription, " This JJ'laggonPrepared for the more Decent cele bration of the Ld• Supper In the Parisk Okurck of Brooklanil : I In WaZlanil Marsh in Kent was Dedicated to Gailin the year ofour Lord 1726. Thomas Johnson Vicar I Ga,ni1 Brattle IJr Nic71 Waters 0 .... k Wardens." The HALL-JII.tl..RKsare (i.) R.B in oblong with top corners cut off,the mark of Richard Bayley of }foster Lane, who made the.A.lms-basonsbelonging to St. Margaret's, Canterbury (of which the same Thomas Johnson was also Vicar), the Flagon and Alms-dish at Chart Sutton, and a Paten at St. Clement's, Sandwich; (ii.) crowned leopard's head; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) K, the London date letter £or 1725-6. These marks occur on the body and on the out side of the lid's top. The Rev. Thomas Johnson was a minor Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, Rector of St. Margaret's, Canterbury, from 1713 until 1727 when he died, and Vicar of Brookland for half a century, from 1677 until 1727. He was active in the provision of Communion Vessels £or both his parishes. His service of Plate at St. Margaret's, Canterbury, is unusually good and weighty. The brass Alms-plate is shaped like an ordinary soup plate. BROOMFIELD-BUCKLAND, 313 BROOMFIELD. Mr. Cripps informs me tha.t the old Cup .o� 1631-2 men tioned in his work on Old English Elate, 2nd edition, p. 283, was parted with nine years ago and exchanged in (very smaU) part payment £or the present modern set, of Cup, Paten, Flagon, and Alms-Plate, which were presented to Broomfield Church in 1878 by Mrs. P. Wykeham Martin. Each of the £our pieces of this new set is thus inscribed, " Pre sented to Broomfield Church by Elizabeth Wykeham Martin· in affectionate remembrance 0£ Philip Wykeham Martin of Leeds Castle Kent 18'78." Each piece bears these HALL-MARKS: � 8 ; C, the London date letter for18'78-9 ; a lion passaut; a leopard's head ; and the head of Queen Victoria. These words are also stamped beneath each vessel: "Cox AND SoNs, SouTJIA.Ml'TON ST., LONDON." BUOKLA.ND IN DOVER. The Communion Vessels 0£ this parish are two Cups (18'74 and 1882), two Patens (18'74 and 1882), a Flagon (18'74), a Credence Paten, and au Alms-dish 0£ brass. The Rev. Turberville Evans furnished particulars of them. CUP, No. I., 6½ inches high, weighs 10 ozs., and was presented to this church, together with the FLAGON and PATEN No. I., by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hesketh Jones, upon their " Silver Wedding" Day, August 28th 1874. Mr. R. H. Jones, who is a member 0£ the Kent Archooological Society, resided in Maison Dieu Road, Dover, until he removed to Hayne Road, Beckenham, in 1885. All three vessels bear the London HALL-MARKS £or 18'74-5, and the name of Keith and Son, the makers. CUP, No. II., 6½ inches high, weighs 9f ozs. It and PA.TEN No. II. were purchased in 1882, and are fitted into a compact portable leather case, for use at the Communion of the Sick. Their cost was defrayed out 0£ special offerings. On the back of the foot is set a cluster 0£ diamonds, specially given for the purpose by a parishioner in whose family this cluster had been au heirloom. On the £rout 0£ the foot is engraved a representation of our Lord's Crucifixion. Beneath the foot is this inscription, " St. .Anil1·ew's Oliuroh, Buolclanil, Dove1·, 1882." This Cup and its Paten No. II. both bear the London HALL-MARKS for 1882-3, and the names 0£ the makers, Keith and Son. PA.TEN, No. I., 5½ inches in diameter, weighs 5½ ozs. It bears the London HALL-MARKS£or 18'74-5. PATEN, No. II., is of the same size and shape as No. I. It weighs 3½ ozs., and bears the London HALL-MARKS for 1882-3. Beneath is the inscription, "St. .Andrew's Oliu1·oli, Buolclanil, Dover, 1882." The CREDENCE PATEN is a plain silver disc, which weighs 4 ozs. In its centre is engraved St. Andrew's Cross. 314 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. The FLAGON, 9 inches high, weighs 14 ozs., and bears the London HALL-MARKSfor 187 4-5, and the makers' name, " Keith and Son." It forms part of the gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hesketh Jones. A small silver BOX for breads, and two glass CRUETS with silver mounts, are :fitted into the leather case which carries Cup No. II. and Paten No. II. for use in the homes of the sick. The modernALMS-DISH of brass was presented to the church by the Rev. Turberville Evans, Vicar. :j\1:r. Evans states that the old vessels formerly used in this church were exchanged for the present Credence Paten and a brass desk for use on the Communion Table. The old vessels were a Cup and a Paten. The latter resembled a domestic salver, and bore in its centre the arms of the donor, with the date 1828. BURHAM. The Communion Vessels of Burham Church are an old Cup (1795), and a complete new set, presented in 1882, consisting of a Cup, Paten, and Flagon. There are also two pewter Alms-plates. The Rev. William A. Keith furnished descriptions of these various pieces. The old CUP, weighing 9 ozs. 5 dwts., has the centre of the face of its bowl engraved with oak leaves and shells. It bears these HALL-MARKS: (i.) E B; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) crowned leopard's head; (iv.) u, the London date letter £or 1795-6; (v.) head of George III. The new CUP, 17½ inches high, weighs 10 ounces; it bears the sacred monogram, and this inscription, "To the glory of God, and £or the use 0£ the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Burham. Pre sented by Mrs. Jane Catherine Peters, formerly of Burham Court, St. Peter's Day, June 29, 1882." The HALL-MARKS are (i.) I.F in a two-lobed stamp; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head; (iv.) C, the London date letter £or 1878-9; (v.) head of Queen Victoria. The PATEN, 6 inches in diameter, weighs 4 ozs. 10 dwts. It was given by Mrs. Peters, and bears the sacred monogram, with the same HALL-MARKSand inscriptionas the Cup. The FLAGON, 11 inches high, weighs 17 ounces. It was given by Mrs. Peters, and is inscribed, engraved, and marked like the Cup and Paten. The pewter Alms-plates bear makers' marks thus: one has a cock (head to dexter) standing within an arched recess, above the bird's back is a orown. On the arch of the recess is the name "HENRY," and "LITTLE" appears on the base 0£ the recess. On a double scroll we read H. LITTLE I IN LONDON. Beneath two crowned letters X appear 4 marks: (i.) a crown and cock; (ii.) leopard's head crowned; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) H.L. in a shaped shield. These are clearly marks in imitation of Hall-marks, but of larger size. The other pewter plate has the marks, and the name on a double scroll 0£ TIM*FLY I IN LONDON. l3URM:A.RSH-CA.NTERJ3URY. 315 BURM.A.RSH. The Communion Plate of this parish consists of an old Cup (1630), the bowl of which has recently been adorned with jewels; its Paten-cover; a new Paten ; a glass Flagon, and a gilt bronze Alms-dish. The Rev. Dr. J. L. Cotter supplied me with particulars of these vessels. The CUP, 7 inches high, has a straight sided bowl, upon which is inscribed the date 1630, the figures being formed of punctured dots. There are no HALL-J,fARKs, but the maker's mark appears alone, a flower of five petals with stem and two leaves. It is remarkable that this mark is generally found thus alone, without Hall-marks, as on the Bilsington Cup and on vessels at East Langdon, N ackington, and Stodmarsh. It is supposed that the maker was a local silversmith, probably resident in the eastern part of East Kent. The bowl of this Cup at Burmarsh has lately been adorned with three gilt Maltese crosses, and in tlie centre of each cross is set a diamond. This was done about 1880-1 by the late Rector, the Rev. J. C. W. Valpy, who at the same time added, to the old PATEN-COVER of the Cup, a Roman cross, 1 inch high, in place of its old knob or button. The PATEN, bought by the Rev. J. C. W. Valpy, from Cox and Sons, is 6 inches in diameter. It bears this inscription, "Palce eat tMs is my boch1," The +FLAGON + of glass+ +has a +stopper surmounted by a silver cross. The gilt bronze ALMS-DISH is handsome. In the centre is a medallion shewing in high relief the poor widow casting her two mites into the treasury. Also in high relief are these texts, "He tliat hatli pity upon tlie poor lendetli unto the Lord, and look wliat he layetli out it slialZ be paid lii1ii again," and " Give alms of tliy goods and never turn f.hy face froni any poor man.'' Belonging to the Church there are three pewter vessels which were procured (or given) by " G-eo1:qe Sayer, Ohurckwarilen 1824," whose name thus appears on each. They are a small Font of pewter, a Flagon of pewter, and an Alms-dish of pewter. CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. The Cathedral Communion Vessels are six Cups (Qne made cfrca 1636, two circa 1665, one in 1855, and two in 1887), two Flagons (1664-5), two Paten-covers (cfrca 1665), two Patens (1756-7), two new Pa tens (1887), three Alms-dishes, one very large and two of smaller size, of uncertain date, but all probably made between 1560 and 1660, a perforated spoon, and two candlesticks older than any of the other plate. The whole of these vessels are gilt, and Hasted states that in 1756 all the Communion Vessels then in existence, except the candlesticks, were newly regilt. The oldest CUP (shewn on the accompanying engraving) is a ver_y handsome vessel, of Italia.n manufacture probably. It was 316 CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. presented to the Cathedral on the 7th 0£ April 1636 by Thomas Howard, Earl 0£ Arundel and Surrey, afterwards Earl of Norfolk also. The occasion of this gift was his worshipping in the Cathedral on the eve 0£ his embarkation for Germany, whither he was pro ceeding as Ambassador from the Court 0£ King Charles I. to that of the Emperor Ferdinand II. The Cup is of singular design, its ornaments being heraldic symbols 0£ his family drawn from the " supporters " of the armorial bearings, of himself and his wife Lady Alathea Talbot. It stands 9 inches high. Its hemispherical bowl is 3 inches deep and 4¼ inches wide at the mouth; upon its face appear the arms of Christ Church in a shell-like border or mantling. Beneath the bowl is an ornamental cbllar of Eliza bethan character. A short distance below this collar, the knop commences. It occupies the greater portion of the stem and is, in shape, an inverted pyramid. The top of the knop shews three heads of animals projecting £rom its surface, a lion, a horse, and a dog (talbot) being the creatures represented; their fore-legs appear beneath their heads. The stem being short, and nearly all of it knop, the foot is unusually tall. It is a hexagon, and the outline of its base shews six ogeed angles or projecting points. From the base, the foot rises pyramidally ; it has no horizontal mouldings ; but, from the apex of the foot to the base, descend six hand some foliated mouldings. In one of the six ogeed compartments of the foot there is an engraved group of three animals, a lion sits between a dog on the sinister side, and a horse on the dexter, the horse having in its mouth a slip 0£ oak with an acorn; the dog and the horse are standing. Beneatlithe group is engraved this motto, "CONCORDIA * CVM * OANDORE." The width of the foot is at its maximum (between two opposite projecting points) 7 inches; at its minimum 5¾ inches. Beneath the foot, around its six pro jecting angles, is engraved this dedication, "VOTIVVM ·' HVNC · O.A.LIOEM · DEO · OPT · MAX · HVMILLIME · OBTVLIT · ALTARIQVE · HVIVS · ECOLESI.lE · CATHEDRA.LIS · SAORANDVM · RELIQVIT · THOMAS · HOWARDUS · SERENISS · MAG: BRIT: REGIS · AD · C.J.ESAREM · LEG.A.TVS · HAO · TRANSIENS · 7 APRILIS · 1636." From the donor of this Cup the present Duke of Norfolk is lineally descended. 'rhe Duke's armorial bearings to-day have as their sinister supporter a horse with a £ructed oak twig in his mouth, one 0£ the Duke's crests being a similar horse. His Grace of Norfolk has a lion for his dexter heraldic supporter. The Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury, still use as supporters two talbot dogs, one of which appears upon this cup. The donor of the cup was born in 1585, being the son and heir of Philip, Earl of Arundel, and a grandson of that Duke of Norfolk who was beheaded in June 1572. In or about 1606 he married Lady Alathea Talbot, daughter, and ulti mately sole heir, of Gilbert, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury. The donor died at Padua in September 1646, and his widow died at Amsterdam in June 1654. This Earl of Arundel was the celebrated traveller and connoi.�seu1· who collected the A.rundel Marbles, and whose Ct-P PRBSBNTBD BY TBB E.\RL OF ABUNDBL IN .\.D. 1636. ONB OF TBB FuooNS IIUDB IN 16%-5. COMMUNION VESSELS AT CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. 317 name is now perpetuated by the Arundel Society. There are no HALL-,lf.ARKSof any kind upon this Cup. CUP No. II. is 10 inches high, and has a capacious bowl 4½ inches deep, and 4½ inches wide at the mouth. Upon the bowl we see engraved the arms of Christ Church, Canterbury, a cross upon which are the letters x1, all within au early form of the stiff feather-like mantling used in the time of Charles II., probably of .A..D. 1665. The stem and foot are plain. The diameter of the foot is 5 inches. CUP No. III. is the fellow to No. II., but there is a very slight difference in their dimensions. This Cup is 9H inches high ; its 7 mouth is 4 1 .r inches wide. The two PATEN-COVERS, for Cups II. and III., are each 5½ inches wide, and stand l½ inch high, upon a central foot which is about 8 inches wide. The foot is engraved with the arms of Christ Church, surrounded by feather-like mantling. CUP No. IV. is modern, and was the gift of the late Arch deacon Harrison to the Cathedral in 1881. It had been given to him, twenty-five years before, by his friend Mrs. Sophia Small. It is 9¼ inches high. The bowl, 5½ inches deep, and 3f inches wide at the mouth, is ornamented with engraving. Below the mouth is a belt of small arcading. The sacred monogram ibt appears within a circle, and a1•ound are four trefoiled arches with cusped tabernacle work in each. Beneath the bowl is an elaborate collar, with sixteen points in its rim, eight of them being trefoiled. The octagonal stem has a knop with slight straight pilasters alternating with hollow mouldings, surmounted by a cable moulding. The foot is octagonal, 4¼ inches in diameter. Its outline shews eight convex lobes and eight small projecting angles alternate\y. Upon the eight £aces of the slope from foot to stem are engraved these wo:cds, "�x -:il!Jolto I .Sopbiae .Small I 'Vibttae oti. 1857 I Jht tumm�ctler&iae I etl)ri�ttetalttttar. I -:il!JitabitJS.� I �anonfou� .Senior J ilElte 1'4�tb." This inscription was written (in Feb ruary or March 1881) by Archdeacon Benjamin Harrison, whose initials B. H. appear upon it. Mrs. Sophia Small resided �t Can terbury in St. George's Fields, at a pretty place called The Paddock, which has since been named Ersham House, where Mr. Howard now resides. The HALL-MARKS are: (i.) J. A. in a two-lobed escutcheon: (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) leopard's head not crowned; (iv.) black-letter capital '1!, the London date letter £o1• 1854-5; (v.) head of Queen Victoria. CUPS No. V. and VI. are new vessels modelled upon Eliza bethan Cups of simple fashion, ornamented with belts of engraving, gouttes de sang between void fillets, on the bowl and foot. On each bowl, beneath the belt of engraving, are the Cathedral arms, within an ornamentalframe or mantling. These Cups, togethe1• with two Patens, were presented to the Cathed1·al by the Dean, Dr. Robert Payne Smith, at Easter 1887. Their height is 8l inches; their bowls are 4¼ inches deep and Bt inches wide at the mouth. The round foot of each is 4 inches in diameter. Their H.J1LL-/l!ARICSare : (i.) GF; 318 CHURCH PLA.TE IN KENT. (ii.) lion's head erased; (iii.) Britannia; (iv.) L, the·London date letter for 1886-7; and (v.) the head of Queen Victoria. Beneath the foot of each is this inscription, "D.JJ. R. Payne Sniitk Deaanus anno 1·egni Dnce. Viatorice q_uin5.uagesirno 1887." The two old P.A.'EEJNS, St inches in diameter, stand 2ft inches high, upon a central root. The Patens have gadrooned edges, and in the centre of each is a shield with the Christ Church arms. On the base of the central foot is the sacred monogram IHS en soleil. Beneath the top is engraved this inscription, " Tlze Gift of Philip Weston of Bostoalc in Berlcslzire Esq_." This gentleman by his will made in 1727 bequeathed 40 marks, or £26 3s. 4d., to the Dean and Chapter for the purchase of Communion Vessels.* In 1756 Mr. Weston's executors paid that amount to the Dean and Chapter, and with it they procured these Patens. The HALL-MAllKS upon them are: (i.) in scrip£ capitals W.G, probably the mark of William Grundy of Goff Square; (ii.) lion passant; (iii.) crowned leopard's head; (iv.) black-letter capital �. the date letter for 1756-7. The two new PATENS, given by Dean Payne Smith in 1887, are 6½ inches in diameter, and 2½ inches high; eaeh has a central foot 3¾ inches wide, on which are engraved the arms of the Cathedral. They bear Hall-marks and engraved belts like those on the Cups given by the Dean. The two FLAGONS are jug shaped, with spouts, and flattish lids, surmounted each by a Maltese cross. The bowl swells into a globular form, and stands upon a short stem, and a low foot. The short stem has a round moulding in the middle with a cable mould ing above and below it. The rest of the stem is ornamented with fiat applique silver cut into the shape of leaves. Similar ornamen tation is applied to the top of the lid beneath the cross. The curved handle terminates at the bottom in a serpent's head. The height of each flagonto the top of the cross is 14 inches. The cross is l¾ inch high, the lid beneath it is l¼ inch deep, and 4¾ inches in diameter. The bow1 is 7 inches wide at its largest part. The foot is 6¼ inches in diameter. The spout projects 1 inch :fromthe neck. On the front of the globular body are the arms of Christ Church with feather mantling. The HALL-MAllKS are on the body and on the foot ; (i.) a shield with a mullet above an escallop between pellets and annulets. This rare mark was found by Mr. Cripps, on plate of .A..D. 1663, in the Imperial Treasury at Moscow. (ii.) Crowned leopard's head; (iii.) lion passant; (iv.) black-letter capital �. the London date letter for 1664-5. The two smaller ALMS-DISHES (Elizabethan or Jacobean) are 11 inches in diameter and l¼ inch high. Upon the bottom of one is punctured 20 oz. ¼, and on the other 19 oz. ¾. The centre is bossed up to form a convex sexfoil with a projecting point between each pair of its curves. The rim has a small but ela borate moulding, as shewn in our engraving. * Hasted's Hi&tory ofKent, xi., 878, note. OlfB OF TBB 8KJ.LLBB ALK8Dl8BB8 (11 inchee wide) .lT C.lNTBBBUBY C.lTBBDB.lL. CANDLESTICK{ONE. OF A PAIR) AT CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. H Hall:.ed.del o.,,•'"• ,11.,0-1.u... e.ru•ttvM. .,...... ,c..o OANTERBURYOATHEDRAL. 319 The largest ALM-DISH I believed to be of the Elizabethan era.; but Mr. Cripps thinks that its one H.ALirM.A.IlK, which resem bles a. ma.n's bead and bust, is that of a. goldsmith who, circa 1660, ma.de vessels that a.re at the Chapels of Kensington Pa.lace, St. Ja.mes's Pa.lace, and Eton College. It is 18f inclies in diameter; its rim stands Ii inch from the bottom, and in the centre is the sacred monogra.m. Its only orna.ment is a. small egg-and-tongue moulding a.round its rim. The two gilt pricket CANDLESTICKS, 17¼inches high, ex clusive of the pricket, which is 5t inches long, that stand upon the Communion Table in the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, ba.ve their surfa.ces entirely covered with a. peculia.r dis.per, simila.r in its outlines to the skin of a. pineapple, but per.factly smooth. This diaper reminds me of the similar orna.menta.tion upon the bowls of the Pre-Reformation vessels a.t Rochester Cathedra.l (originally Oiboria. or Pixes). The pattern of the diaper on the CanaJ.esticks is not identical with tlia.t on the Rochester vessels; but it is very similar, and I believe that these· Ca.ndlesticks were ma.de before the Reforma.tion. The pattern is clearly shewn upon the annexed photolithograpb, from a. drawing ma.de by Miss H. Halhed. These Canalesticks, although stilI ta.11, have really lost their ba.ses. The thin pla.te which now forms the foot of ea.ch was clearly intended to oe fa.stened upon the top of a. large and spreading orna.menta.1base. The Ca.ndlesticks were not gilt afresh in 1756, like the other sacred vessels. Proba.bly they were omitted because they were not used. The SPOON, which is perforated, has a. very thin ba.ndle. The bowl is 1 inch broad a.nd 1¾ inch long. The total length of the spoon is 7 inches. ( 320 ) CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF OLD CHURCH PLATE IN KENT. (See Vol. XVI., pp. 868-482,) A.JJDENJJA.. 1562-3 APPLEDORE. Elizabethan CUP. 1565-6 AsH, BY WROTHAM. Elizabethan CUP. BRASTED, Elizabethan CUP and PATEN-COVER. 1569-'70 HARTLIP, PATEN-COVER. 1571-2 Gu,LI:NGHAM. Elizabethan CUP. 1577-8 APPLEDORE. PATEN-COVER. 1595-6 ALLINGTON, CUP. 1622? N ACKINGT0N. CUP and COVER. 1629? BRENCHLEY. Two CUPS. 1633-4 BECKENH.A.M (ST. GEORGE). PATEN. 1684-5 CRAYFORD. CUP. MoNKTON. PATEN. 1635-6 BEXLEY (ST. MARY), ALMS-PLATE, RIDLEY. CUP. For my omission to notice this Cup, in Vol. XVI., I owe an apology to the Rev. Canon Phelps, who had duly sent its description to me. 1638? BEXLEY (ST. MARY). An other ALMS-PLATE. 1650? BOXLEY, Spanish CUP presented in 1886. 1663-4 ADisR.A.M. CUP and PATEN. 16'73-4 MuRSTON. CUP and two PATENS. 1686-'7 .A.nISH.A.M, A pATEN. 1699-0 GILLINGHAM, ALMS-DISH. 1'705-6 N.a.cKINGTON. ALMS-DISH on central foot. 1'711-2 BECKENHAM (ST. GEORGE). FLAGON and two .A.LMS- PLA.TES. 1'712-8 Asrr, BY WR0THAM, PATEN. 1'726-'7 ALLINGTON. PATEN-COVER. 1'751-2 BEXLEY (ST. MARY), CUP. ERR.A.TA, V oL. XVI., pp. 830-424. Pa"'e Wymeswold Cup (Leicestershire) bears the date letter for 830 1512-8. Bredgar repousse dish bears the maker's mark Xf and the date letter 849, 886 for In its centre the name engraved is Bradgate, not Bredgar. Westward1681-2. Cup (Cumberland) is now complete. Miss Goodwin asks me to 352 say that its cover has been found, and restored to Westward Church. Canterbury Cathedral Alms-plates have their centres shaped into six-lobed, 8'70 not eight-lobed, figures. Their date is uncertain. Canterbury Cathedral Flagons are inches high (not 394 Blean Paten bears the initials14 and mark of 20).Timothy Ley, T L 41'7 1'720-1,(not TO). 1 St. Lawrence, Thanet. The Patens were not made by Paul Lamerie. '720-1, St. Lawrence, Thanet. Maker's mark on third Paten is E�V (not E W). 418 Bredgar Flagon was made in (not in 420 Bredgar Alms-platewas made1'766-'7 in (not1'726-'7). in 424 1'7'73-4 1'738-4),